Vintage Navajo Jewelry Hallmarks

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Of course there are some exceptions and some artists adopted the use of a hallmark in the early 20 th century. Colorado native ben yazzie is a very famous native american jewelry artisan ben has been making wonderful american handcrafted silver jewelry since the early 1970s. Initials and picto hallmarks on silver to identify indian native american jewelry hopi navajo zuni. Generally zuni navajo artists will use initials for their artist mark exp.

The navajo wouldn t learn to make silver jewelry for another century after paul revere warned of the british invasion. Ben yazzie has made fine silver and turquoise jewelry for many many famous country musicians such as charlie daniels dwight yokham the mcentire sisters mark wills and many more ben yazzie and his beautiful wife work together. Hopi hallmark a symbol. It would be another 100 years after that before it was common for navajo silversmiths to use a hallmark.

To research native american hallmarks in general we recommend the following reference books. Welcome to my new website. Symbol hallmarks the idea of signing or marking an art piece has been around for a long time however it wasn t until the late 1970 s that it was common practice among native american jewelry artists. Last update on this website.

Roger skeets will use an r and s stamp on the back of his work. The art the people vols. 2020 09 09 your help corrections and suggestions will be greatly appreciated feel free to contact me. 3600 hallmarks pictured at this date.

Offering vintage old pawn and recent native american indian jewelry along with southwest silver and turquoise jewelry bracelets necklaces watch bands watch faces watch cuffs bolos earrings concho belts and belt buckles. Irish hallmarks i encyclopedia of silver marks vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your a plete to identifying estate jewelry maker s silver jewelry marks learn to identify and datejewelry maker s mark antiquevine jewelry marks continue reading jewelry makers marks in alphabetical order. Hopi artists will usually use a symbol something like a snowflake or sun for example. 1 2 3 by barbara bell american indian jewelry i ii by gregory shaaf and native american southwestern silver hallmarks by.

2020 03 see here. The majority of artists use a series of letters often their initials as a hallmark commonly used as navajo marks. Hallmarks of the southwest by barton wright hopi silver by margaret wright zuni. Welcome to my website.