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Object Number
995-29-10/73098
Display Title
Large turquoise nugget belt buckle
Descriptions
Object Description
Belt buckle from 1970s, of huge polished nugget of turquoise set in bezel edged with rough stamped and braided border. Reverse is stamped with "CL" (Leekity, Corinne and Curtis). Companion piece to 995-29-10/73099.
7.5 cm high, 10.2 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep.
Small paper tag: "0885 BH SET (price)"
Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co. 1989.
Inventory Description
Belt buckle, stamped silver, large turquoise stone
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Artist
Corinne Leekity
Artist
Curtis Leekity
Culture
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials
Silver, Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 7.5 x 10.6 x 2.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 in.)
Distance: 2.5 x 7.5 x 10.2 cm (1 x 2 15/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73098
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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