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Explore Medicine Man Gallery's extensive online database of Native American jewelry hallmarks, a vital resource for enthusiasts and collectors. Identify unique marks, artist names, or shop symbols within our growing collection.
initials and picto Hallmarks on Silver to identify Indian Native American jewelry Hopi Navajo Zuni.
Native American silversmiths and other jewelry artists use hallmarks to sign their work. A hallmark is signature stamp embedded in the metal of a piece of jewelry or metal art. This a directory of Native American jewelry hallmarks and has been arranged in alphabetical order.
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You will find below a brief list of Native American Hallmarks and other Silver Jewelry Hallmarks. We have made this list of hallmarks to help you identify and learn about Silver Jewelry, Turquoise Jewelry or Native American Jewelry artists.
Hallmarks and Signatures. Many Native American jewelry makers mark their pieces with signatures or hallmarks that indicate the artist’s name, tribe, or origin. Typically, it’s their initials of some kind. Maker’s marks testify to the piece’s authenticity and can provide valuable historical insights.
Some of the most valuable pieces of Native American jewelry varying in age have been made by notable artisans plying the silversmithing trade. Names like Charles Loloma of the Hopi tribe and Navajo artisan Alice Lister have created prized pieces.
Before you think to yourself, “Should I invest in another hallmark book?” consider that all of us—dealers, collectors and researchers alike—have been waiting a long time (actually, forever) for a reliable, accurate and comprehensive identification guide to the hallmarks used by Native American silversmiths (as well as by those who work ...
On this side of the pond, Native American artists have developed their own styles of marking jewelry. Some Zuni silversmiths like to use engraving tools to write their names inside their pieces, sometimes even adding a zip code!
There are over 5,000 images of marks covering more than 4,000 individual entries of designers, silversmiths, guilds and traders. All tribes from the American Southwest are included--Hopi, Navajo, Zuni and Rio Grande Pueblos.