Sterling Silver Belt Buckle Hopi Indian Sunface Overlay Native American Belt Buckle by Hopi Artist.

This Hopi Belt Buckle is an impressive piece of Sterling Silver overlay. The traditional Hopi Sunface deity has been intricately hand cut out of Sterling Silver. The design is overlaid onto a Sterling buckle, built solid and meant to last a lifetime. Silver on Silver, you can't go wrong with that. The detail is perfect down to the matting on this Silver buckle. Hand made by master Hopi artist AB. Stamped Sterling and signed as pictured. This Sunface Buckle is 2-7/8" wide and 2" tall. You will receive one from the two pictured below.

To Native Americans, the eagle embodied not only ferocity but also purity, for it flew high in the atmosphere, where the air was clearest - and where, in the belief of many Indians, the Great Spirit resided. Those who wished to ask something of the Great Spirit sometimes sent their message by way of the eagle spirit. Some believe birds to be symbols of the soul, as well as intermediaries to the gods. Seeking their cooperation, Native Americans have plied bird spirits with offerings and performed dances to honor and beseech them. Pleas are sent skyward in the smoke of burning tobacco. Feathers are often considered the most potent part of the bird and are passed down as cherished symbols of the power bestowed by those creatures that soar in the lofty realms where many of the gods dwell.