Beverly Etsate — Zuni Inlay Artist Hallmark
Beverly Etsate's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Zuni · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Zuni silversmith and inlay artist, active in a prominent silversmithing family. Daughter of Rosalie Pinto; sister-in-law of Betty Etsate.
The mark
"Beverly Etsate (etched script); B. Etsate (etched script); Bev. Etsate (etched script); co-signed with Rosalie Pinto / R.P" (Hougart, 5th ed., p. 115)
What is known
Beverly Etsate (Zuni) is recorded in Hougart as specializing in raised inlay, multiple layers, mosaic inlay, kachina jewelry, mud heads, and bears. She is the daughter of Rosalie Pinto — who herself is noted for mosaic inlay, carved and ceremonial figures — and sister-in-law of Betty Etsate (b. 1951, active since 1970s, cluster work and needlepoint). Beverly sometimes co-signed pieces with her mother Rosalie Pinto, using Rosalie's R.P mark alongside her own. Schaaf's American Indian Jewelry: 1,200 Artist Biographies also lists Beverly Etsate and Jimmie Etsate by name (Schaaf, p. 150).
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 115.
- Schaaf, Gregory. American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies. CIAC Press, p. 150.
- Schaaf, Gregory, with Angie Yan Schaaf. American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies, ca. 1800-present. American Indian Art Series, Vol. 5. Santa Fe: CIAC Press, 2003. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2003.
- Bassman, Theda, and Michael Bassman. Zuni Jewelry. Revised and Expanded 3rd Edition. Photographs by Gene Balzer. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2006 (first published 1992). Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2006.
From the Library: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Schaaf (2003, p. 150) recorded Beverly Etsate as a Zuni jeweler working in raised mosaic inlay, appliqué, cluster and petitpoint, the mother of the fetish carver Carl Etsate, with her work in the collection of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. [1]
From the Library: Bassman and Bassman, Zuni Jewelry (2006)
2006 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2006, not today.
Motif names follow the captions in Bassman and Bassman (2006), an outside observers' record; the Zuni people are the authority on the meaning of their own sacred figures.
Bassman and Bassman (2006, p. 34) pictured an inlay and raised inlay Shalako Kachina bola tie with matching tips, in turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl, gold lip mother-of-pearl, penn shell and pink shell, made by Beverly Etsate in 1991. [2]
Bassman and Bassman (2006, p. 60) named Beverly Etsate among the makers of turquoise pendants of needlepoint, petit point, cluster and snake eyes made in 1991. [2]
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