Native American Jewelry Makers Symbols

Marks trademarks on indian native american jewelry with letter m to identify silversmith.

Native american jewelry makers symbols.

Indian native american jewelry artists south west shop hallmarks. Hopi picto marks native american southwest picto marks shop marks fake marks unidentified picto marks referencies. The list has been arranged in. 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.

The art the people vols. Hallmarks of the southwest barton wright 2nd and 4th edition hopi silver. Last update on this page. 2020 03 see here see here.

These fake marks are for most of them engraved and not stamped on cheap quality jewelry sold at high price. To research native american hallmarks in general we recommend the following reference books. 1 2 3 by. Only with clear back front pictures of indian native american jewelry attached please i m not a mind reader.

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. Native american jewelry has had many functions throughout history. Welcome to my website. A hallmark is signature stamp embedded in the metal of a piece of jewelry or metal art.

Native american silversmiths and other jewelry artists use hallmarks to sign their work. Hallmarks of the southwest by barton wright hopi silver by margaret wright zuni. Welcome to my new website. 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.

Every visitor can search and browse our listings when looking for an artist. Artists signatures offers free access to over 100 000 artist directory listings in our database. Fake marks on jewelry sold on internet ebay etsy or by some stores in albuquerque gallup and santa fe as native american. This a directory of native american jewelry hallmarks.

It is a representation of culture a trading commodity a symbol of status and pride and even a piece of fashion. Indian native american jewelry artists hallmarks southwest shops trademarks.