VINTAGE NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE CONCHO BELT. BY ROGER SKEET JR. Navajo artist Roger Skeet Jr. Learned and worked with his father, renowned silversmith Roger Skeet Sr. Both artists are known for their outstanding silversmithing skills, and great stamp and repousee work. This exquisite concho belt is a good representation of Roger Skeet Jr’s excellent skills. The belt has a buckle, nine oval conchos, and ten butterfly conchos. Made out of sterling silver and set with turquoise stones. Buckle Size-2 1/8″ x 2 1/2″. Concho Size-2 1/16″ x 2 1/4″. Butterfly Size-1 1/8″ x 1 3/4″. Repousee is a technique in which a metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low-relief on the front. The Navajos began working with silver in the 19th century, and began making things like buckles, bridles, buttons, rings, canteens, hollow beads, earrings, crescent-shaped pendants (called najas), bracelets, crosses, powder chargers, tobacco canteens, and conchos (for belts). Their silversmithing skills has evolved and changed throughout the years, and in about 1880 Navajo silversmiths started to set turquoise in their silver work. Traditionally, Navajo artists worked with jewelry techniques like repousee and stamp work, but today they explored in other Native American jewelry making techniques like Zuni inlay work and Hopi overlay work. The item “NATIVE AMERICAN VINTAGE NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE CONCHO BELT BY ROGER SKEET JR” is in sale since Friday, February 22, 2019. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Vintage Ethnic/Regional/Tribal\Other Vintage Ethnic Jewelry”. The seller is “crowandcactus” and is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Viet nam, Uruguay.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Material: Stone
- Main Stone: Turquoise
- Brand: Handmade
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Jewelry Type: Concho Belt
