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Belt buckle, artisanal, with bucking-bronco/rodeo rider appliqué
Object/Artifact
Rectangular belt buckle with slightly bowed (curved) face, made from a polished white-metal plate. Applied to the front is a cast figural relief of a rodeo cowboy aboard a bucking bronco — the hatted rider with one arm raised, the horse pitching forward with head down and legs kicking. The reverse has a hand-soldered belt-loop bar at one end and a bent-wire hook at the other; the appliqué is fixed through the plate with two rivets/solder points.
2025.11.16
Made by artisans with repurposed belt buckles, in the 1980s. Sold in stores.
2025.11
Purchase
Steel
Materials: White-metal plate (chrome-plated steel or polished nickel/stainless — unconfirmed); cast white-metal appliqué (pewter/lead-tin alloy or aluminum — unconfirmed); solder; rivets. Technique: Artisanal/handmade — sheet-metal plate dapped to a curve; separately cast figural appliqué riveted/soldered on; belt loop and hook hand-soldered to the reverse.
Fair
Motif: A bucking-bronco/rodeo rider — a generic Western/charro-rodeo image popular on cast belt buckles across the Americas. Construction: Hand-soldered hardware and riveted appliqué indicate small-scale artisanal manufacture rather than factory production.