Sterling Silver Rectangular Pin with Stamped Symbols [SOLD]

Simple silver strips such as this one were stamped with Indian-looking symbols believed to enhance their appeal to the tourist trade. It apparently was successful as the Fred Harvey Company and many other companies had its silversmiths produce such items.  This rectangular pin is stamped with a Nohokos, or Whirling Log symbol, at the center and flanked by crossed arrows.  There are double arrowhead symbols on the edges and parallel lines on the corners and at mid-point.

Nohokos is the Navajo word for the Whirling Log symbol, a symbol which appears in Navajo sandpaintings, and was used in basketry, textiles, and even seen in petroglyphs. It was a popular symbol in early jewelry but its use was abruptly discontinued at the start of World War II.

The pin is stamped with a hallmark symbol resembling an arrow with a line across the center of the shaft.  I have been unable to identify the maker to whom this symbol belonged.

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading: Fred Harvey Jewelry 1900-1955 by Dennis June

Provenance: from the collection of a family from Albuquerque