Bueford Dawahoya — Hopi Silversmith Hallmark
Bueford Dawahoya worked first with his brother, Bernard Dawahoya. Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records him as a member of the Snow clan from Shungopavi who began silverwork in the 1960s and was still working when her list was compiled; she also gives the spellings Beauford and Beuford (Wright 2003, p. 89).
His hallmark
Wright prints two marks for him: one without a label, and one labelled "Snow Cloud 1990s." The printed drawings show a tall rounded arch enclosing two small half-domes over three long rounded legs, and a round-topped egg shape enclosing two small half-domes over a line, above three rounded lobes (Wright 2003, p. 89).
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References
- Wright, Margaret Nickelson. Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing. Revised edition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.
- Bassman, Theda. The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry. Photography by Gene Balzer. Walnut, California: Kiva Publishing, 1993. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 1993.
- 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.
From the Library: Bassman, The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry (1993)
1993 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 1993, not today.
Bassman (1993, p. 16) pictured a belt buckle in the form of a frog made in 1992 by Dinah and Bueford Dawahoya. [2]
Bassman (1993, p. 30) pictured a ring with a deer design made in 1988 by Bueford Dawahoya. [2]
Bassman (1993, p. 32) pictured a concha belt of thirteen conchas, each of a different design, made in 1992 by Dinah and Bueford Dawahoya. [2]
Bassman (1993, p. 45) pictured belt buckles made in 1992 by Dinah and Bueford Dawahoya, one with a frog and corn and one with buffalo. [2]
From the Library: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Schaaf (2003, p. 132) recorded Bueford Dawahoya's hallmark as a snow cloud, named him a nephew of Washington Talayumptewa and Sidney Sekakuku and a brother of Bernard Dawahoya, and recorded him as the husband of the overlay smith Dinah Dawahoya. [3]
Schaaf's 2003 hallmark index gives BD to four makers:
“BD (Bernard Dallasvuyama, Bueford Dawahoya, Bennie Dickson, Bernard Duran)”
— Schaaf (2003), p. 128 [3]
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