Vintage Sterling Silver Overlay Concho Belt Man in Maze Native American Sosolda

This is a fabulous heavy gauge sterling silver concho belt that's actually a marriage of two different pieces. The 11 round conchos were made by a Navajo artist with the stamped initials of "FIJ". The rectangular belt buckle is stamped with a pictogram of a person (see pictures), which is the symbol for Tohono O'odham (Pima) silversmith Alvin Sosolda.

An overlay technique was used to create the designs on both the conchos and the buckle. The designs on each piece are very similar to each other. The design of the person emerging from the maze (or about to enter it) is nearly identical between the conchos and the buckle, which is why the buckle was put with this belt.

The buckle is 3  1/8" wide and 2  1/8" tall.

The eleven round conchos are 1  5/8" in diameter.

The leather belt, which is new and unpunched, is 1  1/4" wide and 42" long. It can, of course, be sized to suit, or can be replaced with a leather belt of your choice.

The belt, as pictured with the leather, buckle, and conchos, weighs 333 g.

The artist's hallmark on the round conchos is "FIJ" indicating a Navajo artist. The hallmark on the buckle is an outline of a man, not unlike the design of the one just outside the maze on the buckle face. The pictogram is the one used by Tohono O'odham (Pima) silversmith Alvin Sosolda. He married into the Hopi tribe, and is sometimes referred to as Hopi (which he is, by marriage).

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