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Object Number
995-29-10/73144
Display Title
Cast silver belt buckle of Sunface set with turquoise
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo belt buckle from 1960s-1970s. Belt buckle of a typical Hopi Sunface figure with a feather-design headdress around 3/4 of the face. Sunface is circular and rough-textured, with has two triangular drops hanging from the ears. Cast into the reverse is a stylized hallmark of an "R" in a circle leading from its tail, hallmark of Ric Charley. 5.6 cm high, 6.7 cm wide, 1.5 cm deep.
Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co. 1989.
Inventory Description
Belt buckle, silver, stamped sunface, triangular turquoise insets
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970s-1980s
Artist
Ric Charley
Culture
- Navajo?
- Hopi?
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: 5.6 x 6.7 x 1.5 cm (2 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Distance: 1.5 x 5.6 x 6.7 cm (9/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73144
Credit Line
Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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