Belt buckle
date: label: Date created
content: 1988
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Vernon Begaye (VAB/Vernon A. Begaye/Vernon Begay), Diné (Navajo), b. 1965
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1988; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Arizona or New Mexico; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/7986
label: Barcode
content: 257986.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Belt buckle
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, turquoise, sugilite
label: Techniques
content: Tufa cast, mosaic inlay, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 6.6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm