Belt buckle

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Date created: 1982

Culture/People: Hopi Pueblo
Artist/Maker: Charles Loloma, Hopi Pueblo, 1921-1991
IACB source: Lovena Ohl Gallery
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 Lovena Ohl Gallery (Scottsdale, 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: Hoatvela (Hotevilla), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA

See related items: Hopi Pueblo; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8052
Barcode: 258052.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Belt buckle
Media/Materials: Silver, elephant ivory, walrus ivory, coral, turquoise, jet/lignite, lapis lazuli, gold
Techniques: Hammered, mosaic inlay
Dimensions: 3.3 x 7.7 x 2.3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62554363f-22e8-49a7-a890-da8808018c2d

Record ID: NMAI_273972