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Object Number
995-29-10/73129
Display Title
Multi-stone inlaid Knifewing belt buckle
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo or Zuni belt buckle from the 1970s. Oval silver belt buckle with stamped frame on sides and black background. Design consists of two silver leaves with two flowers on sides with silver vines. In the center is a typical Zuni inlaid knifewing in tortoise shell, turquoise, shell, and mother-of-pearl. Stamped with an offset "WC" on the reverse.
7 cm high, 8.6 cm wide, 2.1 cm deep.
Inventory Description
Belt buckle, silver, oval, floral motif with multistone inlay bird/man figure
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Culture
- Navajo?
- Zuni?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 8.6 x 2.1 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Distance: 2.1 x 7 x 8.6 cm (13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73129
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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