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Navajo Silver and Turquoise Thunderbird Pin - 25826

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, Feb 20th 2016, 5:30pm

Southwest Navajo Indian Jewelry - 25826Native Americans of all tribes have featured birds of various forms in their art and lives so it is not unlikely that The Fred Harvey Company would adopt a bird as its logo.  The Harvey Company bird was named a Thunderbird and its symbol was copyrighted in 1909.  It was used in jewelry by Harvey silversmiths extensively from 1909 until the 1930s, at which time its use was lessened as other symbols became more frequently used, such as arrows, whirling logs, and others.



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