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Cast silver belt buckle depicting mountains and head
Cast silver belt buckle depicting mountains and head
Object Number 995-29-10/73147
Display Title Cast silver belt buckle depicting mountains and head
Descriptions
Object Description Buckle from 1980s. Very contemporary matte belt buckle of heavy cast silver. The rectangular shape has a pictoral design of Monument Valley with clouds in the background, and a stylized ceremonial Navajo head in the top foreground with inlaid turquoise eyes and coral mouth. From the center radiates lines from a small dot, perhaps the sun. Reverse is cast with an "R" encircled by a line from its tail, hallmark of Ric Charley. Makes set with 995-29-10/73146. 4.8 cm high, 7.3 cm wide, 1.4 cm deep. Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co. 1989.
Inventory Description Belt buckle, rectangular and flat silver, desert skyline, coral, turquoise
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980-1989
Artist Ric Charley
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials Silver, Turquoise, Coral
Dimensions Overall: 4.8 x 7.3 x 1.4 cm (1 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 9/16 in.) Distance: 1.4 x 4.8 x 7.3 cm (9/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73147
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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