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RARE NAVAJO BELT BUCKLE...SIGNED! WILLIAM SINGER

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Tribes - Navajo Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
RARE NAVAJO BELT BUCKLE...SIGNED! WILLIAM SINGER
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BY ORDER OF THE CONSIGNOR, THIS IS TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION - OPENING AT JUST $1.00!!

BUCKLE SIZE APPROX: 3 3/8" X 2 1/4"
MATERIAL: STERLING SILVER, TURQUOISE & CORAL
WEIGHT: 45.8 GRAMS
HALLMARK: SD
CONDITION: VINTAGE

ARTIST:

WILLIAM SINGER, NAVAJO

WILLIAM SINGER, THE BROTHER OF CHARLIE, JACKIE AND THE LATE TOMMY SINGER, HAS USED VARIOUS HALLMARKS SINCE 1972: SD, SDX, SDXX, SDV, AND S/D, ALL VARIATIONS OF THE SINGER-DODGE FAMILY SHOP HALLMARK.

TOMMY SINGER HAS BEEN CREDITED WITH FIRST USING CHIP INLAY IN THE 1970s. HIS BROTHER BEGAN USING THIS TECHNIQUE IN 1972.

WHAT IS CHIP INLAY?
CHIP INLAY IS A METHOD WHERE CAVITIES IN JEWELRY ARE FILLED WITH A MIXTURE OF CRUSHED STONE,TYPICALLY TURQUOISE AND CORAL, AND EPOXY RESIN. THE PIECE IS THEN POLISHED SMOOTH AFTER THE RESIN HAS HARDENED.