Silver souvenir spoons; Southwestern / Sanskrit swastika symbol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1907_Postcard_with_Navajo_Swas...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swastika
I find it interesting that among both types of Indians, i.e. real Indians from India, and those called Indians, i.e. indigenous people from the American Southwest, that the symbol means the same thing, 'good luck'.
It's unfortunate it has also picked up other, less savoury connotations.
Remington spent much time in the Southwest, and he lived at a time when the swastika meant 'good luck' in both Southwestern indigenous cultures and Sanskrit, and was well-known to mean that, and was much adopted throughout the English-speaking world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington
Frederic Remington Art Museum; Ogdensburg, New York.
Silver souvenir spoons; Southwestern / Sanskrit swastika symbol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1907_Postcard_with_Navajo_Swas...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swastika
I find it interesting that among both types of Indians, i.e. real Indians from India, and those called Indians, i.e. indigenous people from the American Southwest, that the symbol means the same thing, 'good luck'.
It's unfortunate it has also picked up other, less savoury connotations.
Remington spent much time in the Southwest, and he lived at a time when the swastika meant 'good luck' in both Southwestern indigenous cultures and Sanskrit, and was well-known to mean that, and was much adopted throughout the English-speaking world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington
Frederic Remington Art Museum; Ogdensburg, New York.