Navajo - Diné Sterling Silver Concha/Concho Belt [SOLD]
+ Add to my watchlist Forward to Friend
- Category: Belts and Buckles
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: sterling silver, leather
- Size: 31 to 33 inch waist size;
1-3/4” x 2-1/4” concha size - Item # C3520B SOLD
This Navajo - Diné Sterling Silver Concha/Concho Belt consists of 8 oval Conchas/Conchos, 9 rectangular butterflies, and an oval buckle all strung on a black leather belt that is ¾-inch wide. Each Concha/Concho is domed with a raised diamond shape at the center and stamping around the perimeter and with scalloped edges with stamping. Each butterfly has repoussé rays radiating out from a raised center oval that is surrounded by minute stamping. The buckle is similar in design to the Conchas/Conchos but slightly larger and with slightly different stamping.
The Concha/Concho Belt is an extraordinary one in that each Concha/Concho was beautifully designed and each features designs different from most Conchas/Conchos of the period. This one is more elegant than others, is smaller in scale and lighter in weight, all of which add up to a desirable Concha/Concho Belt. It is not stamped with the name of the maker. It is estimated to date to the 1960s.
Condition: excellent condition
Provenance: from a family collection in Santa Fe which has had it for decades.
Recommended Reading: FINE INDIAN JEWELRY OF THE SOUTHWEST: The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection by Shelby Tisdale, Ph.D.
- Category: Belts and Buckles
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: sterling silver, leather
- Size: 31 to 33 inch waist size;
1-3/4” x 2-1/4” concha size - Item # C3520B SOLD
Click on image to view larger.
