Factory Mid Century Southwest USA Arizona, New Mexico Native American Signed Silver Figural Road Runner Pin

Mid Century Old Pawn Southwest USA Arizona, New Mexico Native American Signed Silver and Torquoise Figural Road Runner Pin.
This from a collection of pins and other Mid century jewelry currently being listed. Original "Route 66" heyday era item.
Measures 46mm x 25mm. Excellent estate condition with light patina that could be polished away. This has makers mark seen in the last photo.

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The Hopi and other Pueblo tribes believed that roadrunners were medicine birds and could protect against evil spirits. Their unusual X-shaped footprints are used as sacred symbols to ward off evil in many Pueblo tribes—partially because they invoke the protective power of the roadrunners themselves, and partially because the X shape of the tracks conceals which direction the bird is headed (thus throwing malignant spirits off track.) Stylized roadrunner tracks factory have been found in the rock art of ancestral Southwestern tribes like the Anasazi and Mogollon cultures, as well. Roadrunner feathers were traditionally used to decorate Pueblo cradleboards as spiritual protection for the baby. In Mexican Indian and American Indian tribes, such as the Pima, it is considered good luck to see a roadrunner. In some Mexican tribes, the bird was considered sacred and never killed, but most Mexican Indians used the meat of the roadrunner as a folk remedy to cure illness or to boost stamina and strength.

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