Many of our pewter belt buckles depict images of wildlife. These are divided up into three groups: southwestern animals, hunting scenes, and patriotism. For the former, many of these solid pewter buckles are shaped like buffalo or buffalo skulls, scorpions, and wolves. Behind them often a southwest Indian pattern background with turquoise, black, or coral inlay added. Hunting scenes, however, focus on deer or buck and fish, and many of these are colored with enamel inlay, particularly green, blue, and brown. Patriotism includes both Southern and American pride, and while patriotism is associated with soaring eagles, either the stars and stripes or the rebel flag often accompanies the animal in these cases.