BUCKLE UP, COWGIRL!
This colorful classic is a 1990s-era vintage creation by Santo Domingo husband-and-wife duo, Brihilda and Frank Coriz, featuring a sleek simple brown leather strap with a sterling silver ranger style buckle adorned with colorful cabochons of orange spiny oyster (heart), turquoise, and sugilite, accompanied by complementing double keepers and tip. Elegant, feminine, and timeless.
Brihilda Coriz (Kewa). Brihilda Coriz shares the stamp with her husband Frank Coriz.
Mark: FRANK & BRIHILDA CORIZ or Frank & Brihilda Coriz (may also have S.D.P., for Santo Domingo Pueblo; may be marked for Christopher’s Enterprises, Inc.)
Frank Coriz (Kewa). Frank Coriz shares the stamp with his wife Brihilda Coriz.
Mark: FRANK & BRIHILDA CORIZ or Frank & Brihilda Coriz (may also have S.D.P., for Santo Domingo Pueblo; may be marked for Christopher’s Enterprises, Inc.)
Christopher’s Enterprises, Inc. (shop). Owners Deborah and Christopher Cates (?-2012) represented silversmiths including Perry Shorty, Ed Lovato, Don Lucas, Oscar Betz, and Brihilda & Frank Coriz.
Mark: pictograph
- artist: Frank & Brhilida Croiz for Christopher's Enterprises
- affiliation: Santo Domino
- hallmarks: Frank & Brihilda Criz, S.S.P. Sterling (plus Christopher's Enterprises picto)
- materials: sterling silver, leather, orange spiny oyster, turquoise, sugilite
- dimensions of buckle: 2" x 3"
- straps fits 32"
- weight: 169 grams
- nice vintage condition
- stones are secure in their settings
- no stone chips or hairline fractures
- wear to leather commensurate with age
- silver has a nice patina
- light wear
- style: BELT-225
