El Muerto Skull Buckle Set
18kt Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, and Ruby El Muerto Skull Buckle Set By Artist Douglas Magnus. This belt buckle features a sterling silver bezel set Ruby in the center of 18kt gold flower overlay on a skull belt buckle, the keeper is silver cross bones, and the belt tip has a ruby gold flower. This buckle is 3 inches x 2inches and for a 1 1/2 belt.
Artist: Douglas Magnus
Douglas Magnus moved to Santa Fe in the late 1960s, following his childhood in Los Angeles, California, Silverton Colorado, and a formative two years with the U.S. Army in El Paso. Magnus lives and works in Santa Fe New Mexico and is a renowned Santa Fe Jeweler. He is also a prolific painter while embracing numerous subjects such as interiors and figurative works while partial to plain air paintings created on site at his mines. Magnus uses the finest silver, gold stocks, and methods ranging from the most ancient to the most contemporary to create his pieces. He is well known for his turquoise creations that are often featured from Doug’s own mine known as The Tiffany Cerrillos Mine. The mine is located 17 miles outside of Santa Fe.
