Vintage Sterling Silver Anasazi Cigar Band Ring Size 6

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This is a sterling silver ring my grandmother purchased when traveling west(from Ohio) in the 1940s. Size 6. It features a bird looking left, with 2 arrows crossed on his chest. There is a sun on either side of the bird. Please note in picture 4 that the ring has a split in the back, I believe from an attempt to resize it.Picture 3 shows a symbol on the back that looks like a swastika. I don't believe it is the Nazi symbol. Here is a brief history. I think the symbol on this ring was a symbol of luck, not Nazis.The swastika (also known as the gammadion cross , cross cramponnée , or manji ) is a symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross , with its four legs bent at 90 degrees (as a Chinese character: 卐 or 卍). [1 ][ 2] It is considered to be a very sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism , Buddhism and Jainism .[ 3] It appears as a decorative element in various cultures since at least the Neolithic , and is mostly known as a symbol in Indian religions , denoting "auspiciousness", adopted as such in pre-WWI-Europe and later, and most notably, by the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany . Because of its use in Nazism, in many Western countries the swastika is stigmatized ,[ 4] while it remains commonly used as a religious symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism .[ 3] The word swastika derives from the Sanskrit svastika "lucky or auspicious read more

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