Old Navajo Indian Sterling Silver Fred Harvey Era Rare Whirling Logs Stick Pin

The earliest known swastika was seen about 10,000
years ago.  The intricate pattern of
joined swastikas was found on a late paleolithic figurine of a bird, carved
from mammoth ivory, found in Mezine, Ukraine. 
The word ‘swastika’ derives from an Asian Indian Sanskrit word, in which
the meaning of the swastika stands for universal welfare. “Swasti”
means well-being of one and all and “ka” means symbol. The swastika
is one of the most ancient of all symbols and used as a symbol for peace, life
and good luck.  In the Western world, it
was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it was
hijacked by the German Aryan party.  I
find the taking of an Indian symbol despicable, and chose not to mention their
name.  The swastika motif is found in
some traditional Native American art and iconography. Historically, the design
has been found in excavations of Mississippian-era sites in the Ohio and
Mississippi River valleys.   It is also
widely used by a number of southwestern tribes, most notably the Navajo, and
plains nations such as the Dakota. 

The Aryan icon is an inverted version of the
traditional American Indian symbol, which usually features the arms pointing
counterclockwise.  Before the 1930s, the
symbol for the 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army was a red
diamond with a yellow swastika, a tribute to the large Native American
population in the southwestern United States. It was later replaced with a
thunderbird symbol. 

The swastika is a Navajo symbol for good luck, also
translated to “whirling log.” The symbol was used on state road signs
in Arizona.  In the late 19th and early
20th centuries, the swastika symbol became established in Western cultures,
especially with the Navajo culture, as a good luck or good fortune symbol, and
was used in Native healing ceremonies. 

The Navajos incorporated the swastika into their
rugs, jewelry, and art.  Arizona’s
indigenous Pima and Maricopa people wove them into their baskets and painted
them onto their pots.  The swastika’s
meaning does seem to be similar across cultures, generally denoting abundance
and prosperity and referring to the four cardinal directions.

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