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Property from the Barbara Rogers and H. Wade Stinson Collection
Lot 75

A Clarence Lee "Storyteller" concha belt

Amended
16 September 2019, 11:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$4,450 inc. premium

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Clarence Lee

Navajo, (b. 1952), a sterling silver "Storyteller" belt, with a rectangular buckle and nine conforming conchas, designed as a continuous frieze depicting figures chopping wood, cooking, weaving, herding cattle, etc.
each concha: height 1 1/2in, width 3in; overall: length 55in

Footnotes

Provenance
Per the collector's notes, purchased directly from the artist in Santa Fe, August 1981, where the belt was awarded Best in Show (likely SWAIA)

Saleroom notices

Please note: First prize winner, "Best Design Silver Jewelry, No Stone," ENIPC Artists and Craftsman Show, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1981; the prize ribbon accompanies the lot.

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