Inlay Zuni Thunderbird Buckle
Artist: Unknown Artist
Size: 2 1/4” x 1 1/2”
SKU
unkjew1014
This vintage belt buckle is done in classic Zuni inlay style. Turquoise, jet, and orange spiny oyster shell are used to create the image of the thunderbird, a mythological creature representing strength and power. The image is so popular in the Pueblo their high school football team is known as the Zuni Thunderbirds.
$600.00
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Inlay Zuni Thunderbird Buckle is available to buy in increments of 1
Unknown Artist
See full biography | See all items by Unknown ArtistPrecious Stones
Turquoise; Precious stones have symbolic implications. For example, turquoise if a "collective term for all the precious stones, wealth, or mixed offerings. Good fortune is attributed to this stone." Both white shell and turquoise are emphasized in Kinaalda?
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Silversmith Work
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?
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