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Object Number
995-29-10/73078
Display Title
Belt buckle with silver overlay of bear paw set with turquoise
Descriptions
Object Description
Belt buckle from 1960s-1980s. Rounded rectangular belt buckle of silver overlay depicting a bear paw, stippled in the recess. To viewers' lower right is set a diamond-shaped piece of turquoise. Reverse is stamped with a hallmark of a broken arrow and the initials "GP" underneath.
5 cm high, 7.7 cm wide, 1.7 cm deep.
Inventory Description
Silver belt buckle, rectangular, bear claw and diamond-shaped turquoise.
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Silver, Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 7.7 x 1.7 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Distance: 1.7 x 5 x 7.7 cm (11/16 x 1 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73078
Credit Line
Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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