Navajo
American Southwest
1960s
Sterling silver and turquoise
Height 2 inches, width 3 inches, 56.11 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Austin, Texas
This sand cast buckle is worked in sterling silver with a symmetrical openwork design, its four corners formed of rounded scrolls that curl inward toward the center. A pointed silver element rises at the top and bottom of the frame, enclosing a raised rectangular panel at the middle. Set into that panel is an oval turquoise with a blue green surface and dark matrix veining running across the stone. The cast silver carries the soft rounded contours and shallow surface texture left by the sand casting method, with darker patina settled into the recesses. The reverse retains its original hook and bar hardware for a belt.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo
American Southwest
1960s
Sterling silver and turquoise
Height 2 inches, width 3 inches, 56.11 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Austin, Texas
This sand cast buckle is worked in sterling silver with a symmetrical openwork design, its four corners formed of rounded scrolls that curl inward toward the center. A pointed silver element rises at the top and bottom of the frame, enclosing a raised rectangular panel at the middle. Set into that panel is an oval turquoise with a blue green surface and dark matrix veining running across the stone. The cast silver carries the soft rounded contours and shallow surface texture left by the sand casting method, with darker patina settled into the recesses. The reverse retains its original hook and bar hardware for a belt.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
