Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild
Sandcast Sterling Silver and Turquoise
Vintage Wagon Wheel Concho Belt
HK Item #CB68

Buckle is 3" x 2".

Horned Moon logo of the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild.

1 of 4 stones cracked but firmly set.

1 of 4 stones cracked but firmly set.

Paula says - "Most leather concho belts are quite adjustable. You can adjust them to fit a smaller waist by punching additional holes in the leather. You can slide the conchos along the the leather to adjust their spacing closer together or farther apart. You could even remove one or more conchos if you want to make the belt very short. Also you could cut excess leather off the tail end of the belt. To make a belt larger, you can purchase a leather belt of the proper length and put the conchos and buckle on the new belt.

"If you need a longer leather belt, I have some in stock for $10-20. Let me know what you need."

1 1/2" wide belt tapered to 3/4" where holes are for perfect fit with the buckle - will fit a 34" to 37" waist with existing holes

Nine conchos 2 1/2" diameter.

Each concha has a leather backing and a sterling silver belt loop.

1 of 4 stones cracked but firmly set.

1 of 4 stones cracked but firmly set.

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Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild

In 1941 the Navajo Council created the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild with the horned moon as their logo. It was organized in Ft. Wingate, New Mexico and started as a co-op in Pine Springs, Arizona in 1942.

The NACG was formed under the auspices of the Navajo Tribal authority to help young Navajo silversmiths learn from the masters and thus to maintain the quality of classic Navajo silverwork into succeeding generations. The Guild's standards were exacting and their instructors were among the most accomplished Navajo jewelers of the era, including Ambrose Roanhorse, Chester Yellowhair, Fred Peshlaki and Kenneth Begay.

The individual makers could not sign Guild pieces, they could only be marked with the Horned Moon logo of the NACG and the word "NAVAJO". The best of Navajo Guild silverwork is some of the finest Navajo jewelry of the 20th century and is highly desirable. It is generally characterized by its classic technique, clean and elegant lines, restrained use of stampwork and only occasional use of stones.

In the 1944 book, The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths, John Adair writes, “The type of silverware that the guild promotes is [?] a revival of the old simple types of jewelry, without sets for the most part. Emphasis is placed on cast work. The guild also handles vegetable-dyed rugs and some aniline-dyed rugs of similar pattern and excellent workmanship.”