Bonnie Quam
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Overview
Bonnie Quam (born 1936; the corpus marks her death date as unknown) is a Zuni lapidary artist active since the 1950s, working petit point and needlepoint. A garbled stretch of her entry records a Gallup Ceremonial prize.
She shared her mark — a frog, which per the corpus may appear on a plate — with her husband John Quam, so the mark identifies the household, not one hand.
Collector's caution: the frog mark is shared — Hougart documents that Bonnie Quam shared it with her husband John Quam. A piece bearing the frog cannot be attributed to either artist alone on the mark's evidence.
The Mark
"Bonnie Quam (1936-?; Zuni). Active since 1950s. Lapidary; petit point; needlepoint. Wife of John Quam with whom she shared the mark. Gallup [Inter-Tribal Indian] Ceremonial prize w[inner — garbled in our scan]. Mark: A frog (may be on a plate?)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: A frog (may be on a plate?) — shared with her husband John Quam.
References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.
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