My brother gave me this bracelet and i was just wondering if anyone had any info about age or anything really. It has no markings that i can find. But i am in love with it and would love to know more about it. TIA 
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I’ve seen many whirling log bracelets but, this one is one of my faves. You have the dilemma of trying to figure out who made it to get an idea of its age.
I have no idea who the artist is but, it’s a cute one.
Hopefully, someone can help.
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I also think that it’s really a beautiful bracelet and love the turquoise. I’ve read that the Native American tribes stopped using the Whirling Log symbol in 1940, so my guess is that it’s at least that old. I wonder if the silver is coin silver
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Thank you! I love it. But i was always concerned that it may be a fake. Does it look real to you? Thank you for commenting! 
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Thank you so much!
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EXCELLENT!! You have a treasure! This is a great example of Fred Harvey Era Jewelry. That era spanned 1900 to 1955. You can learn alot more about the era by googling Fred Harvey! He was an entrepreneur of some note. He had the canteen contract for the railroad to provide a restaurant at fuel stops for travelers. He had an idea after seeing Native Americans selling trinkets to the travelers. It is a good story and fascinating. My Great Grandmother was a Harvey Gal at one of the Harvey hotels along the Sante Fe railroad in Kansas.
I am thinking this might be a hand rolled cuff from the patterns on the underside. We can pretty acurately say this is at least from before 1940. The Navajo, Hopi and Apache signed an intertribal proclamation to not use the pattern because of Nazi Germany. If I had this in my shop online I could easily sell it for $600 or more. There is a really big following of collectors in Japan that love this stuff.
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Wow! Thank you so much for the info! I knew that the “whirling logs” were no longer used, so i was sure it was pretty special, but i don’t have a great eye for spotting fakes so i was concerned about that. But it really is a treasure. The only gift i have ever recieved from my brother. Thank you again! I appreciate the info so very much!
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