Belt
Concho Belt
| Object Number: | 74-10-2 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Native American Voices Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Navajo |
| Provenience: | Arizona (uncertain) New Mexico (uncertain) |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Silver Leather |
| Length: | 101 cm |
| Width: | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Estate of Helen Bonnell Scott, 1974 |
Description
Leather strap with eight leather-backed silver medallions and a rectangular silver buckle. Medallions are oval in shape with a radiating flower design in the center each with eight petals. The edges of the medallions are scalloped (with holes punched through the center of every other scallop). The buckle has a wing design on two sides and a set of petal lumps on the other with a square hole in the middle. The medallions are fixed to the strap by brass strips.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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