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Traditional Silver Concho Belt

P.J. Begay

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Title: Traditional Silver Concho Belt
Artist: P.J. Begay
Medium: Sterling silver, copper and leather belt
Size: Leather belt is 48 1/2" length X 3/4" width. No holes have been punched, so the size can be amended to fit its new owner.
Signed: "P.J. Begay" and "Sterling" are stamped on reverse of buckle
Date of creation: Circa 1970's
Condition: Excellent !!!
Provenance: From the famed Vault Collection assembled over a period of 40+ years! R-65; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The Traditional Silver Concho Belt

This belt is made of 14 hand-forged and stamped pieces. Each piece has some repousse detail as well as embossed stamping--giving a lot of additional depth to an already labor intensive layout of scalloped edges and detailed stampwork.

The somewhat rectangular buckle measures 2 1/2" high X 3" long. The decoration resembles a bow or butterfly which is repeated in the 7 butterflies that alternate with 6 oval conchos in the belt. The center of each domed oval concho is a repousse daisy pattern. Each oval is 2 1/8" high X 2 5/8" long. Two copper bands secure each concho to the leather belt. The butterflies are 2 3/16" high X 1 3/16" across.

Marked Down from $2,500 to $2,100

About P.J. Begay

This Navajo jeweler created work primarily during the last quarter of the 20th century. Little else in currently known about the artist.

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