Vintage Zuni cow belt buckle

Chinalai Tribal Antiques, Ltd.

That’s with a cow, not for a cow. Unsigned but attributed to Nora Leekity in the 1950s or 60s, it appears to be unusual in depicting a full body of a cow (not just a head) in channel inlay shell, mother-of-pearl, spiny oyster and turquoise, with probable jet eyes and tiny nostrils, scored and in relief on a silver buckle.

$975.00

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