Belt buckle

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Date created: 1983

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Al Nez, Diné (Navajo), b. 1959
IACB source: Heard Museum Shop
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Heard Museum Shop (Phoenix, Arizona) in 1983; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Arizona or New Mexico; USA (inferred)

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8020
Barcode: 258020.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Belt buckle
Media/Materials: Silver, turquoise
Techniques: Tufa cast, bezel-set/stone-setting
Dimensions: 3.5 x 7.2 x 2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61d496a24-8529-41d5-aa5e-be0cccaf9241

Record ID: NMAI_273938