Duane Maktima — Hopi Silversmith
Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, describes Duane Maktima as a smith "skilled in stone settings," who worked in Flagstaff with Bob Lomadapki and Victor Beck in a program sponsored by the Museum of Northern Arizona, with Jake Brookins as mentor (Wright 2003, p. 67; Wright spells the name Duayne there). Wright records that he "Studied with Victor Beck and then Jake Brookins" and began silverwork in 1974 (Wright 2003, p. 88).
Theda Bassman's The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry shows a bracelet with a turquoise stone he made in 1981 (Bassman 1993, p. 38). Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as Laguna/Hopi, born in 1954, active since the 1970s, working in "Cast work; channel inlay, silver, gold, gold slag; modern jewelry, double-sided," and a "Multiple award winner" (Hougart 2022, p. 204).
His hallmark
Wright labels his first mark "Parrot" and shows a new mark from 1987 (Wright 2003, p. 88). Hougart dates his marks: "D M (conjoined, and a stylized parrot head, back-to-back; 1974-1978)"; "Maktima (stylized script; 1978-81)"; a stylized conjoined D M; and "MAKTIMA (etched)" (Hougart 2022, p. 204).
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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.
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks: Silversmiths, Designers, Guilds and Traders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
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