Earl Numkina — Hopi Silversmith Hallmark
Earl Numkina taught himself to make silver, and he took the craft as far as the Chicago World's Fair, where he demonstrated silverwork. Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records him as a member of the Greasewood clan from Moenkopi who began silverwork around 1920 and worked into the 1940s (Wright 2003, p. 75). He died in 1974.
His hallmark
Wright labels his mark "Man's Head Scarf." The printed drawing shows a head wrapped in a scarf, the tied ends hanging to one side (Wright 2003, p. 75).
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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.
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