BackGold and Silver Belt Buckle with Kingman Turquoise by Robert Taylor (#69)
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3 1/4" x 2 1/4"
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Using the old ketoh (bow guard) design for inspiration, Robert Taylor has fashioned and formed a most unusual belt buckle. With sterling silver and accents of 14k gold, Robert has stamped and filed images of fetish bears, feather patterns, spinning life signs, and prayer fans into this amazingly detailed work of art. A hand-cut and carefully set cabochon of high-grade natural Kingman turquoise from Kingman, Arizona, captures the eye and draws you into Robert's exquisite design and creativity. Robert's polish and presentation are superb.
About the artist:
Robert Taylor - Silver & Goldsmith:
"Cluster, channel, leaf, inlay, casting... I've done about everything," Robert Taylor talks about his silver and goldsmithing, "There's a lot of artists that do it." And then he confides the reason he has set himself apart from other craftsmen. "I didn't really get anywhere until I decided to design my own style."
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Navajo Jewelry See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
Precious 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? More about this legend
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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