Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico
1920
Silver, original leather
Nine conchos, each 1 1/4 inches by 2 inches (3.2 by 5.1 cm)
Ten butterflies
Buckle 1 3/4 inches by 2 inches (4.4 by 5.1 cm)
Belt length 38 inches (96.5 cm)
Provenance: Mabel Johnson, Flagstaff, Arizona
Nine small oval conchos alternate with ten butterflies along a narrow leather strap, the conchos worked with a scalloped and punched border enclosing a repousse diamond and paired arcs, and the butterflies formed as fluted fans that swell out from a pinched waist. The stamp work is shallow and repeated by hand rather than cut from a die, and the silver has darkened deeply in the recesses while the raised surfaces have worn bright. The belt survives on its original leather with the buckle intact.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico
1920
Silver, original leather
Nine conchos, each 1 1/4 inches by 2 inches (3.2 by 5.1 cm)
Ten butterflies
Buckle 1 3/4 inches by 2 inches (4.4 by 5.1 cm)
Belt length 38 inches (96.5 cm)
Provenance: Mabel Johnson, Flagstaff, Arizona
Nine small oval conchos alternate with ten butterflies along a narrow leather strap, the conchos worked with a scalloped and punched border enclosing a repousse diamond and paired arcs, and the butterflies formed as fluted fans that swell out from a pinched waist. The stamp work is shallow and repeated by hand rather than cut from a die, and the silver has darkened deeply in the recesses while the raised surfaces have worn bright. The belt survives on its original leather with the buckle intact.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
