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Navajo Pat Chee Sterling Silver Turquoise Buckle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Navajo Pat Chee Sterling Silver Turquoise Buckle
Featured in this lot is this sterling silver and cripple creek turquoise buckle from Navajo artist Pat Chee circa 1970's. The buckle features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterling silver construction with a beautifully tooled face with geometric patterns and a scalloped semi shadowbox design around the center stone. The center stone is a cripple creek turquoise cabochon with light to bright blue coloration and a lovely luster with spiderwebbing mineral deposits shown throughout. The buckle is stamped with Pat Chee hallmark of 'P. Chee.' Pat Chee is a well known Navajo artist across all platforms. The condition of this buckle is fair with the swivel belt clasp showing a missing pin in the the mechanism but otherwise in fair overall condition. The measurements of this buckle are 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" x 1". The collective weight of this buckle is 65.2g.