Art Honanie

Biography by Mateo James

Art Honanie — Hopi silversmith hallmark namecard

Name-card placeholder — hallmark imagery to follow

Overview

Art Honanie is a Hopi overlay silversmith active since the 1990s. His documented marks are AH conjoined with a symbol, and a turtle.

Hougart documents several Honanie silversmiths, but Art's own entry states no family relation, so we record none.

Collector's caution: the AH initials are documented for more than one Honanie silversmith — Aaron Honanie's mark is AH inside a frog, while Art's is AH conjoined with a symbol. Hougart also documents a plain turtle mark for Hallie Honanie. Read the accompanying symbol, not the letters alone, before attributing.

The Mark

"Art Honanie (Hopi). Active since 1990s. Overlay. Marks: AH (conjoined, with a symbol); a turtle"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: AH (conjoined, with a symbol); a turtle.

References

  • Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.

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