Essex Jewelry and Antiques

Fine Old Pawn Native American Sterling Silver Hand Punchwork Concho Belt

$388.80

Presented is a wonderful old pawn Native American Indian sterling silver concho belt. This piece dates to around the 1920s-1960s, it's difficult to say more narrowly due to how the timelessness of the style. The belt consists of 22 smaller oval conchos with a larger one for the clasp/buckle, all joined together with hand soldered rings. The conchos are beautifully decorated with finely hand done punchwork designs of arrows and geometric shapes, while the buckle is decorated with an X shaped design surrounded by crescent punchwork, in the Navajo style though we don't know for certain if that's the origin. The belt closes with a simple hook design. Each of the smaller conchos measures about 5/8 of an inch wide and about 7/8 of an inch long, while the buckle measures about 1 ½ by 1 1/8 inches.

This piece is in excellent condition. There are no splits, no dents, no breaks, no monograms, no monogram removals, and no repairs.

This piece is hallmarked sterling on the back of the buckle.

The belt measures about 32 1/2 inches long.

The belt weighs 73 grams or 2.6 regular ounces.

-jm