Navajo silversmiths were encouraged to create pieces with snake designs by the Traders they worked with. The imagery had become very popular amongst tourists during the Victorian era. Though snakes were typically considered taboo in Navajo culture, as the pieces sold well. they continued to incorporate snakes in pieces made for tourism. This bracelet has the cut out of a snake's head at one end and the rattle at he other. Two round turquoise cabochons are placed for the the eyes, and scales are depicted with the arched stamping repeated along the sides. A *swastika or "whirling log" motif is stamped at the top center surrounded by 4 arrows and arrowheads on each side.
*In the Navajo culture a swastika or Whirling Log, represents well being, good luck and protection. In 1940, in response to Hitler's regime, the Navajo, Papago, Apache and Hopi people signed a whirling log proclamation. It read, "Because the above ornament, which has been a symbol of friendship among our forefathers for many centuries, has been desecrated recently by another nation of peoples, therefore it is resolved that henceforth from this date on and forever more our tribes renounce the use of the emblem commonly known today as the swastika..."
Can be worn as a bangle, a cuff, or an armband
Inside length end to end: 6 5/8"
The gap between ends is moveable but starts at 3/4"
Width: 1/2"
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