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Object Number
995-29-10/73066
Display Title
Belt buckle with inlaid parrot wing motifs, on leather belt
Descriptions
Object Description
Oval silver belt buckle from 1950s-1970s, with three crescent shaped shadowbox motifs on either side of center. Mosaic inlaid oval of tortoise shell with three parrot wing motifs in mother-of-pearl, turquoise, coral, and jet. Hallmark stamped on back with a stylized crescent or "J." Buckle is mounted on plain leather belt.
Max. dimensions: 113.5 cm long (belt incl. buckle), buckle is 6 cm high, 2.0 cm deep, 9.4 cm wide.
Inventory Description
Silver belt buckle, shadowbox with multi-colored stone inlay of bird figure.
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1979
Culture
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 113.5 x 2 cm (2 3/8 x 44 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Distance (Overall length): 113.5 x 2 x 6 x 9.4 cm (13/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73066
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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