Rosette Concho Belt and Buckle

Rosette Concho Belt

For years I've admired the beautiful silver
concho belts made by the Navajo. I wanted
to do something on that theme but uniquely
my own. Here is what I came up with.

The belt is dyed a rich brown and features
eight beaded rosettes separated by hand
stamped silver buttons.

The Rosettes are held in place with a device
called a "key pin" (more about that later), which
screws them to the belt. I wanted to have
the option of changing the set of rosettes
should I ever find the time to create
another set! hehe...

Check out the inset photo of the belt's
wonderful Navajo belt buckle. Together
they make an impressive pair.

The Rosettes are made on a soft deer skin, and
then trimmed very close to the beadwork. A
thick piece of saddle leather with the key pin in
place is "sandwiched" between the beaded piece
and another piece of deer skin. The back piece
has a hole cut into it to allow for the key pin to
stick out. These three are glued with hide glue,
and the two edges of deer skin are sewn together
over the saddle leather using a three bead edging.

Next, a hole is punched in the belt, the key pin is
fitted through the belt, and the male counterpart
of the key pin is screwed into the back of the
rosette. The only drawback is my hair tends to
wrap around the conchos from time to time.

Close-up of rosette

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