Daniel Mike — Navajo Silversmith Hallmark
Daniel Mike's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Daniel Mike is a Navajo silversmith whose work spans bracelets and pendants in both silver and gold-filled construction. The inclusion of gold-filled material alongside sterling silver suggests a range of price-points in his output, consistent with silversmiths producing work for trading-post or retail markets where both precious and semi-precious metal options were common.
The mark
The mark is the full signature "Daniel Mike" accompanied by a Sterling mark. Hougart's layout shows the signature with the word "Sterling" noted below, confirming that pieces are hallmarked both with the artist's name and a metal purity designation.
What is known
Daniel Mike appears in Hougart's Mike-surname cluster, which includes Dora Mike (used numerical stamp 3 at Sunburst Handcrafts), Gloria Mike (used numerical stamp 4 at Sunburst Handcrafts), Jonathan Mike (1966–, inlay, shadow box), Lois Mike, and others. Dora and Gloria Mike are sisters; no stated relationship between Daniel Mike and the other Mike-surname artists appears in Hougart.
No birth year, death year, active period, award history, or additional biographical detail was located in any of the sources searched beyond the Hougart entry.
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 211.