Harry Morgan (1946-2007) Conchos and Buckle

Late 20th century

Buckle 2 1/4” x 2 5/8”

Conchos 2 1/4” x 3”

42" leather; belt holes currently at 30-38" but new holes can be punched on request.

1 lb 2.3oz

Harry Morgan Belt

Harry Morgan spent his life in and around Gallup, New Mexico. He won awards at every major Indian art show and there was an exhibit featuring his work at the Heard Museum North the year before he died.

Harry learned to silversmith at a young age and in 1965, after he graduated from high school, he began working with his uncles, Charlie Bitsui and Ike Wilson, two of the finest Navajo silversmiths. Both of them had many pieces in the famous C.G. Wallace collection, one of the great collections of Native American jewelry.

Harry could do all types of silver work, from sand casting to fabrication. He credited the time he spent watching his mother work for giving him an interest in jewelry.

His work looks as though it could have been made a century ago. The stamps that he decorated his work with were inherited from his parents and uncles or made by him. Much of his work was made with silver that he rolled himself.