A Bit About The Piece:
Navajo artisan belt buckle featuring stone inlay of a humming bird and petit point turquoise.
Details, details…
The Stones: Turquoise, Jet, Mother of Pearl, Coral, Sugilite
- 41 pieces of turquoise
- 34 petit point cabochon cuts (outside decoration)
- average petit point measurements: 9.3mm x 3.8mm
- 7 inlay pieces
- origin: Sleeping Beauty Mine, Arizona
- natural color
- likely stabilized
- 2 polished jet inlay pieces (bird’s wings and tail feathers)
- 2 polished mother of pearl inlay piece (bird’s body)
- 3 polished coral inlay pieces (bird’s body and flower bulbs)
- 1 polished sugilite inlay piece (flower)
- bird height, from tail to tip of wings: 27.43mm (~1.1″)
The Piece: Handmade Petit Point and Inlaid-Set Belt Buckle
- .925 sterling silver, solid
- white brass fittings
- height of piece: 66.73mm (~2.6″)
- width of piece: 76.56mm (~3″)
- thickness of piece: 6.85mm (not including the fittings)
- weight of piece: 50.23 grams
- belt loop dimensions: 40.83mm long x 11.8mm deep
- back of piece is stamped “LH” for Navajo artist, Leo G. Harvey
- circa 1970’s