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Cochiti Pueblo Sterling Silver Concha Belt by Silviano Quintana - C3276

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, May 14th 2016, 4:26pm

Silviano Quintana Jewelry - C3276The Navajo are best known for production of concha belts, but pueblo silversmiths also made them.  Joe Quintana and Silviano Quintana are known to have made them-some signed and others not.  This concha belt was examined on October 18, 2013 by Cochiti jeweler Cippy Crazyhorse, son of Joe Quintana, who stated that he thought this was made by Silviano Quintana.

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