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The Original Bella Bola (C)

Turning heads around the West!

Desert Rose jewelry is available at galleries throughout the West -

or contact Desert Rose - all jewelry ordered directly is made to order just for you.

Adorn yourself with a stylish Western-inspired Bella Bola - our hand-braided calfskin necklace.

You can wear many different types of pendants on a Bella Bola, which comes in three gorgeous colors (True Black, Rich Brown and Butterscotch). Desert Rose pendant styles:

1) Dangle a gemstone from the Silver Ribbon Pendant Holder;

2) Center an elegant cabochon Twist Pendant;

3) Turn the clasps to the front and suspend a unique Shield for a very special look.

4) Suspend a Slide Pendant for a very classic look - with a Desert Rose flare!

(Scroll down to see all these marvelous pendants!)

Bella Bolas are versatile - the pendants easily twist, slide or clip on and off the leather, so you can change colors - or wear a pendant with your own chain.

All Bella Bolas come with an adjustable chain closure (13" - 17") and are finished with a sterling silver Rose.

Click HERE to see colors (Rich Brown, Butterscotch, True Black).

Already own a Bella Bola, or your own thick chain?

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1- The Silver Ribbon
2 - The Twist
3 - The Shield
This is the original pendant and necklace that started it all - the Silver Ribbon pendant holder on a butterscotch Bella Bola.

You can order your Silver Ribbon with a ring that opens and closes so you can change pendants. Shown: with an azurite drop from Morenci, Arizona ($150, set). Also shown is a glass pearl drop, and Sleeping Beauty turquoise (currently unavailable but we do have beautiful Hubei turquoise; click link below to see). Sets: $80 with pearl or Hubei turquoise; $98 with two Bella Bola colors; $98 with one Bella Bola, a pearl and a turquoise; and $125 for a pearl, a turquoise, and TWO Bella Bola colors! (Web sales only.)

Twist Pendant on a butterscotch Bella Bola. These are dramatic, unique pendants - shown is a hinged pendant of Montana agate.

Twist Pendants are all one-of-a-kind and available at galleries or by special order from Desert Rose. From $135 with Bella Bola.

Please see the link box below to see some of the many beautiful styles. I'll also set your special stones in a Twist.

Shield Pendants are unique, stunning ornaments for your Bella Bola (Rich Brown shown). Above, a million-year-old fossil ammonite floats in an iridescent copper shield, accented with a bright rock quartz cabochon.

Shields are all one-of-a-kind, and available occasionally at galleries or by special order from Desert Rose. From $250 with Bella Bola.

Please see the link box below to see some of the many beautiful styles. These are powerful, stunning pieces that are guaranteed to get attention!

More photos of Twist Pendants - click here.
More shields, click here.
More photos of Silver Ribbon sets, click here.
4 - The Slide
Slide Pendant on a True Black Bella Bola. Stone is Cave Creek jasper (this piece of blood-red and gray agate was tumbled in Cave Creek in Arizona - shaped by nature!). Set in satin-finish sterling silver. Do you have a favorite flat stone you'd like to wear - a beach stone, a shard of sea glass? I do custom orders!

All Slide Pendants are one-of-a-kind, and available at galleries or by special order from Desert Rose.

More photos of Slide Pendants, click here.
And something a little different . . .
This is Picasso jasper - the sterling supports are textured and darkened, to mimic the complex jasper. Sold, but more in the works with other stones.
What does Bella Bola mean? Bella is "beautiful" and a "bola" is a braided leather rope once used by cowboys the world over.

The leather Bella Bolas are hand-braided of the finest calfskins for Desert Rose by an artist in Phoenix, Arizona.

These are of the highest quality, using an age-old technique that rare artisans are keeping alive.

Own a new Western Classic!

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