Jewelry
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Concha Belts

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At the moment we have an interesting and wide selection of concha belts.

-The sandcast belt from the 1960s and set with turquoise that appears to be from one of the Nevada mines.   Each concha is 3 by 2.25 inches. $1800.  
-The large belt with the cut-work is more recent - probably the 1970s.   Each concha is 3 by 3.25 inches and set with Sleeping Beauty turquoise. It has a feather hallmark on reverse, but it is one I have not been able to identify.   $2400.

Called a 'fashion belt' these were quite popular in the mid to late 1970s.   The belt strap loops through and does not require a hook and eye connection with the leather; it is easily adjustable and can be worn with or without the center buckle (set with a large domed lapis and measuring 2.75 by 3 inches).   The two side pieces are each 6 1/8 inches long.   It is Navajo, and signed RJS, but I have been unable to determine whose hallmark that is.   $1200.  

-The concha belt set with black onyx is by Stewart Yellowhorse.   Each concha is 3 by 2.5 inches.   A generously long belt, there are 11 conchas and a buckle.   Unusually inexpensive at $900.  
-The 's' shaped sandcast belt is an interesting one:   each of the pieces, which are 2.25 inches long, are embellished with stampwork.   From the 1960s.   $800.

-An unusual but classic-looking concha belt of diamond-shaped conchas.   This unique and very striking belt was made by Pat Yellowhorse in the mid-late 1970s.   The conchas measure 4 by 2.75 inches.   $1400.
-Joe Quintana (1915-1991) of Cochiti Pueblo made this concha belt, elegant in its simplicity. (SOLD)   An excellent silversmith, he was the subject of a book entitled:   Joe Quintana: Master In Metal.   Each of the conchas measures a little more than 2.25 by 2.75 inches and the buckle is 3 by 3.25 inches.    

A classic old concha belt, it dates to the 1930s-1940s. It was bought out of pawn around 1951 or 52 in southeastern Arizona for $75. (That may sound cheap, but that was real money in those days.) Each concha measures 3 by 3.5 inches and the buckle is 3.25 by 3 inches. It was strung on a western hand-tooled leather belt. $2400. 

This concha is old style but not old; it was made in the 1970s.   The cast buckle is set with a piece of natural Morenci turquoise.   The conchas measure 2.75 by 2.25 inches.   The buckle is 3.25 by 2 inches.   $750.   (SOLD)

This link belt with stampwork Thunderbird images is unlike anything I've seen.   It is pre-WWII, but beyond that is hard to reliably date.   A short belt, it is 33.13 inches long and the conchas are 1.75 inches across.   $975.