Vintage Buckle-Shaped Hair Ornaments with Pins
Navajo
- About The Vintage Buckle-Shaped Hair Ornaments with Pins
Ingot silver, rolled and hammered into sheet, was carefully cut into two matching buckle shapes. Decoration involved the use in combination of at least three different hand-carved stamps which were struck deeply into the heavy gauge silver ornaments.
The hair pins are each also drawn from ingot silver. The curves and tips are plannished with a round headed hammer for strength and a dimpled pleasing texture. The serpentine curves of the wire beneath hair and buckle bar are hammered with an edge creating another decorative texture--fine ripples across the hair pin wires, helping to keep it from slipping out of hair and buckle.
These antique silver constructs are both thoughtfully engineered and uniquely beautiful.
Savvy Price $485.00
Gallery Price $595.00
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| Description | Ingot silver, rolled and hammered into sheet, was carefully cut into two matching buckle shapes. Decoration involved the use in combination of at least three different hand-carved stamps which were struck deeply into the heavy gauge silver ornaments. The hair pins are each also drawn from ingot silver. The curves and tips are plannished with a round headed hammer for strength and a dimpled pleasing texture. The serpentine curves of the wire beneath hair and buckle bar are hammered with an edge creating another decorative texture--fine ripples across the hair pin wires, helping to keep it from slipping out of hair and buckle. These antique silver constructs are both thoughtfully engineered and uniquely beautiful. |
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| About the Artist | "Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015. The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia
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| Medium | Sterling silver |
| Troy ounces | .95 troy ounces |
| Size | Buckles are each 2 1/8" X 1 3/8". The pins are each 2 3/4" X 7/8". |
| Date of creation | 1900 to 1915 |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Provenance | KW |
| Gram weight | 29.5 grams |
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is Corinne Cain, ASA
Phoenix, AZ
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