Featured northwest coast (?) silver pin - what is the motif

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  1. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    Hi, this silver pin looks Northwest Coast to me, what do you all think?
    What is the animal depicted? Bird, fish? Thanks!

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  2. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    Please wait for more knowledgeable people to respond, but it does remind me of an interpretation of "raven releasing (the) sun" and if so it would (could) be "northwest coast." ;)
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    Here's a NWC Raven & Sun.

    I doubt yours is native american.
     
  4. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    Thank you both. I wondered if it might depict a salmon swimming upstream against the current? I know it's a stretch. Just can't figure out what it is.
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it looks like a bird of some sort.....
     
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  6. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    To me it looks like some kind of bird as well.........
     
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  7. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    What about Mexican or Peruvian or similar?
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a bird.
    Reminds me of Sikyátki (historical Hopi) motifs:
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    and Sikyátki Revival motifs, the first one is by Nampeyo, who started the Sikyátki revival, a brilliant idea imo:
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    Could be a Modernist take on any traditional motif.
     
  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    very ...modernist......but also very likely...
     
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  10. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    Thank you very much. I will look into Sikyátki motifs.
     
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  11. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

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