Individual Sterling Silver Concha - Concho with Leather Backing [SOLD]
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- Category: Buttons and Conchas
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: sterling silver – leather backing
- Size: 3-5/8” x 3-1/4”
- Item # 25865 SOLD
Concha belts with several silver conchas are often made smaller to fit a person by removing one or more of the conchas. That is the story of this single concha. It was removed from a concha belt and put in a drawer for safekeeping and has recently been discovered.
It is a beautiful oval sterling concha in the first phase style with leather backing. There is stamping near the outer edge and the edge is scalloped. This concha could easily be converted to a handsome belt buckle.
Condition: original condition
Provenance: from a longtime Santa Fe resident
Recommended Reading: Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest: 1868-1930 by Larry Frank and Millard Holbrook
Artist Unknown
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- Category: Buttons and Conchas
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: sterling silver – leather backing
- Size: 3-5/8” x 3-1/4”
- Item # 25865 SOLD
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