Navajo, Southwest
1960s
Sterling silver, turquoise
Height 2 inches (5.1 cm), Width 3 1/4 inches (8.3 cm)
54.12 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Casas Grandes, Arizona
The buckle is a rectangular plate with a raised beaded border, worked with a horned lizard cast in relief and applied at the left of the face, its head, spines, and clawed feet fully modeled. To the right sits a large teardrop turquoise cabochon in a plain bezel with brown matrix running through the stone, above three small rectangular turquoise stones set in a row along the lower edge. Cast silver forms suggesting rocks and desert ground are scattered across the surface, and the field is darkened to throw the applied elements forward. The reverse is hallmarked.
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Navajo, Southwest
1960s
Sterling silver, turquoise
Height 2 inches (5.1 cm), Width 3 1/4 inches (8.3 cm)
54.12 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Casas Grandes, Arizona
The buckle is a rectangular plate with a raised beaded border, worked with a horned lizard cast in relief and applied at the left of the face, its head, spines, and clawed feet fully modeled. To the right sits a large teardrop turquoise cabochon in a plain bezel with brown matrix running through the stone, above three small rectangular turquoise stones set in a row along the lower edge. Cast silver forms suggesting rocks and desert ground are scattered across the surface, and the field is darkened to throw the applied elements forward. The reverse is hallmarked.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
