Yaqui, New Mexico
2010
Sterling silver, leather
Buckle 2 inches by 3 inches (5.1 by 7.6 cm)
Belt length 46 inches (116.8 cm)
Buckle weight 149.8 grams
Hallmarked
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The buckle, two keepers, and tip are built from an allover pattern of stepped crosses, the silver cut and raised so the crosses stand proud of a darkened recessed ground and interlock edge to edge across the whole face. The pattern runs continuously without a border or frame, so the buckle reads as a fragment of a larger field rather than a composed panel, and the same motif is carried at reduced scale on the keepers and tip. The set is mounted on a brown pebbled leather belt with a tooled underside.
Danny Romero was of Yaqui and Spanish descent and grew up in Douglas, Arizona, later working in stone and silver from his home in New Mexico for more than twenty years. He was one of five silversmiths invited to the Night of the First Americans at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and his jewelry was shown in galleries and museums in the United States as well as in Germany, Japan, and Canada. He worked in both traditional turquoise settings and in inlay, and cited the photographs of Edward S. Curtis as a source for his imagery. He also drew and painted. He died in 2018.
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Yaqui, New Mexico
2010
Sterling silver, leather
Buckle 2 inches by 3 inches (5.1 by 7.6 cm)
Belt length 46 inches (116.8 cm)
Buckle weight 149.8 grams
Hallmarked
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The buckle, two keepers, and tip are built from an allover pattern of stepped crosses, the silver cut and raised so the crosses stand proud of a darkened recessed ground and interlock edge to edge across the whole face. The pattern runs continuously without a border or frame, so the buckle reads as a fragment of a larger field rather than a composed panel, and the same motif is carried at reduced scale on the keepers and tip. The set is mounted on a brown pebbled leather belt with a tooled underside.
Danny Romero was of Yaqui and Spanish descent and grew up in Douglas, Arizona, later working in stone and silver from his home in New Mexico for more than twenty years. He was one of five silversmiths invited to the Night of the First Americans at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and his jewelry was shown in galleries and museums in the United States as well as in Germany, Japan, and Canada. He worked in both traditional turquoise settings and in inlay, and cited the photographs of Edward S. Curtis as a source for his imagery. He also drew and painted. He died in 2018.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
