Cordell Pajarito — Kewa Silversmith
Cordell Pajarito is a Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo) silversmith born in 1988. The Hougart record documents his work in tufa cast pieces and mosaic inlay — techniques with long roots among Kewa and other Pueblo jewelers. Tufa casting, in which molten silver is poured into carved volcanic tuff molds, produces distinctive textured surfaces prized by collectors.
Hougart identifies Cordell Pajarito as a son of Anthony Lovato and brother of Joel Pajarito (1984–; Kewa), who also works in tufa cast pieces, pins, pendants, petroglyph designs, and stone sets. Joel Pajarito received a Goodman Fellowship in 2008.
The Mark
"LL (and SOP - Santo Domingo Pueblo - and a date)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
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- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
From the Library: Bahti, Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers (2007)
2007 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2007, not today.
According to Bahti (2007, p. 104), Cordell (born 1988) and his brother Joel learned silver from their father, Anthony Lovato, and both won ribbons the same year at the Red Earth show in Oklahoma, about two years after they had started working silver on their own. [1]
Sources
- Bahti, Mark. Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2007.
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