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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?
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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