Could someone please tell me about this cuff/necklace combo. It belonged to my dad and I know nothing about it. Thanks in advance!
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Can’t help much but love the pieces.
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In Hougart’s 4th ed. No bio or active dates info. Namewise, it’s interesting that Kenneth Begay’s granddaughter has that surname as well.
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Thank you gt75 I thought they were beautiful as well and I’m beginning to think it’s kinda rare!
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@Ziacat I couldn’t find anything either but I did read where some silversmiths would use the Star of David hallmark as a sign of protection, good wealth, etc. Thanks Ziacat.
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@chicfarmer Wow good work! I’ve spent countless hours looking through tons of hallmarks and nothing. There are also two Kachina symbols on each side of the cuff.
So this may have been made by a well known silversmith? Does the turquoise look familiar to you?
[Edited because of context change]
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The book that Chicfarmer found the information in is quite accurate, way more so than Worthpoint. I was doing some incorrect speculating, and nothing anywhere says that this is a Jewish person, or that it’s an alias. I’ve deleted my comment because it was incorrect and I don’t want to lead anybody else down the wrong rabbit hole.
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I have the same info as you do in Hougart’s 5th edition. Nothing was added in the latest copy for this artist.
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I was just thinking I would possibly get this book very soon, and then I heard on the news on my way into work today that the local GM might be striking (hubby works there). Gah! We just went through this. So now I think I need to hold off. Grr…
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Dang, I remember those days back in the 70s and 80s when my dad worked at Ford in Michigan. Very unsettling times for our family. Hoping for the best for you all!
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This is not related to the artist identified in Hougart’s. Evidently you found some guy who did, or does, reproduction 18th c. not-Navajo things, who is not Navajo and whose last name is different…
Seems like some folks are pushing back on a (or the) creditable resource in Native American jewelry research. Not clear why.
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