A Navajo concha belt
A first-phase diamond-center example, comprising seven oval scalloped conchas, stamped designs and a ropework band about the perimeter, the cruciform buckle with stamped and cold-chisel decoration.
length overall 47in, each concha 3 3/4in
length overall 47in, each concha 3 3/4in
Sold for
US$ 6,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Illustrated:
AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS, Otis Art Institute/Cunningham Press, 1973, p.2, second from right
Exhibited:
AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS, Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, October 3 - November 11, 1973
Lot heading
Property from the collection of Alfred Miller and Lillian Dunn Miller, Hollywood
Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American
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