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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9514939, member: 2844&quot;]Whit, I think komo&#039;s tone stems from his love of and passion for Native American art and culture, and his long fight against things being passed off as Native that aren&#039;t.</p><p>I know you weren&#039;t trying to do that, you were just wondering. But your question implied that you thought them worthy of the same attention NA items deserve.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mean to escalate the tone of this thread, but this is worth considering too:</p><p>I think it is better for the tone of the forum if we don&#039;t use a German term with a negative connotation for an item if there are more appropriate names. In this case it is an ancient sun symbol that is known by several other names. Ruth used one, &#039;whirling log&#039;, often used when referring to the sun symbol in NA art. (Thank you Ruth.) Others are swastika and fylfot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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