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Native American Silver Butterfly Breast Pin 108138

Currency:USD Category:Jewelry Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Native American Silver Butterfly Breast Pin  108138
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130.00USD+ (32.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Oct 04 @ 10:32UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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A darling butterfly with personality. Three inches wide and two inches tall, with locking pin. Stamped "UITA 36, one of the stamps of United Indian Traders Association, a group of southwestern traders and merchants, incorporated in New Mexico in 1931 for the purpose of protecting and promoting the sale of genuine Indian hand-made arts and crafts. The organization was primarily comprised of traders who traded on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, the New Mexico Pueblos and of merchants who ran trading posts in reservation border towns. The group was headquartered in Gallup, New Mexico. The objectives of UITA were critical for Native American Craftsmen and for Indian Traders. After World War II the traders began to see more cash flow into the trading posts. On the Navajo reservation the traders became more involved with arranging off reservation work, and unemployment, veteran, and Social Security benefits. In the 1950s the predominant focus of UITA was over leases for the trading posts that were on reservation land. Much of the UITA's work here involved working with the Navajo tribe. The organization was able to arrange for 25 year leases for Indian Traders on the reservation. During the late 1960s the most controversial issue to arise was over pawn. This issue culminated in the Federal Trade Commission hearings that took place in the early 1970s. Other important issues of the day concerned use of migratory bird feathers and the collection of sales and other taxes. In addition to a trade organization, UITA also formed a social group for the traders, who would meet either in Farmington, Gallup or Flagstaff annually for meetings, but usually include a banquet with a band and dancing. Expert, Bill Hougart, in his book on Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, identifies some of the bonded or assigned users as Trading Posts and Individuals Names that have been associated with certain UITA numbers. However, numbers 36-40 remain a mystery and although Arizona Online Archives holds a collection of UITA records from 1931-2002, apparently a fire destroyed many of the original records of the guild including many of the craftsman's detailed records. More research is necessary to verify this. Overall, this is an authentic Southwestern, Native American piece of silver jewelry, with a strong historical tie to the highly sought after pieces that were crafted on Navajo, Hopi and Zuni Reservations between the 1930s and 1980s. City: State: Date: