Derrick Edaakie — Zuni Silversmith
Derrick Edaakie works in etched inlay, much of it with Nichelle Edaakie. Theda and Michael Bassman's Zuni Jewelry shows their rings from 1991, among them an etched inlay eagle and a road runner (Bassman and Bassman 2006, p. 17), and a row of their etched inlay belt buckles from the same year, among them a hummingbird (Bassman and Bassman 2006, p. 46).
Mark Bahti gives his birth year as 1965 (Bahti 2007, p. 47). Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as Zuni, working in inlay (Hougart 2022, p. 111).
His hallmark
Hougart gives his mark as "Derrick & Nichelle (etched script)", a mark shared with Nichelle Edaakie (Hougart 2022, p. 111).
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References
- Bassman, Theda, and Michael Bassman. Zuni Jewelry. Photographs by Gene Balzer. Revised and expanded 3rd edition. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.
- Bahti, Mark. Silver + Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007.
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks: Silversmiths, Designers, Guilds and Traders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
- 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: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Schaaf (2003, p. 145) recorded Derrick Edaakie, husband of Nichelle Edaakie, as showing at the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show from 2001, with Koshare Clowns as his favorite design, and wrote that he and his brother Myron gave their clowns tennis shoes where their father's wore moccasins. [4]
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