Concha Belt

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, New Mexico, Native American

About 1930

  • Titles Concha Belt (Descriptive)
  • Medium silver, tanned animal hide
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jeston Powell Texarkana, Texas in memory of Mary Powell, 1971.103
  • Work Type belt
  • Classification Costume

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A rounded bottom pouch made of red cloth beaded in a meander design in white, yellow and dark blue with the shoulder strap beaded in zig-zag design in white and dark blue beads.
Inuit process of stonecut printing
Chief's Blanket (Third Phase style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool and aniline dye
Spruce root basket of cylindrical shape. Most of the weaving is alternate plaiting and twining. A 3/4" band at the top is twined. Somewhat broken. No lugs though lugs have been on at an earlier time.