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Sterling Silver Rectangular Pin with Stamped Symbols - 25827

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, Feb 20th 2016, 4:58pm

Southwest Navajo Indian Jewelry - 25827Simple 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.

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