"WHIRLING LOGS" early Old Pawn Navajo Turquoise & Silver Cuff

"WHIRLING LOGS" OLD PAWN NAVAJO TURQUOISE & SILVER CUFF BRACELET

very early, hand-punched motives include 2 whirling logs, 4 arrow-heads, rows of dots, above triple knife-edge tapering cuff

Circa : 1900 - 1930's

"Whirling Logs" : from the Navajo creation myth, used as a good luck sign.
The use of this symbol was discontinued by the late 1930's.

Turquoise : old, natural and untreated, said to come from the King mine.

The large center flat oval cabochon, 1" x 1/2", collet-set , closed back, on a rectangular plaque between two borders of round collet-set 5 mm turquoise;

as is natural with old untreated turquoise worn many years, varying shades of greenish blue to very greenish

Bracelet width : 1"

Bracelet spread across wrist : 2-1/2"

Provenance : according to the heir, inherited from her mother's collection acquired on trips west 1930's - 1960's

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