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How Bolo Ties Are Inspired By Native American Culture

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Popular throughout the western region of the United States from the early 1900s, Navajo bolo ties  started as a Native American or Navajo accessory before it became one of the most recognizable and loved state neckwear of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Over the period, they have been called by many names, such as neck ropes, slide ties, cowboy ties, gaucho ties, and more. You will find a variety of Native American bolo ties for sale online as well as online, often including coins, turquoise details, and braided leather cord. Although it cannot be clearly said that exactly when the bolo became popular, however, it is considered that some of the earliest bolo ties sprung up during the 1930s when the Navajo men from Zuni, Hopi, and other tribes started wearing bandanas around their necks, at that time, these bandanas were held together with strings, and later with shell-like structures, which later came to be known as “ bolo ” ties. Usually, early bolo ties did not include ar