Elvira Bill — Navajo/Diné Silversmith Hallmark
Elvira Bill's hallmark as photographed on a piece in the T.Skies gallery: her name, Elvira over Bill, inside a stamped cartouche, with a separate STERLING stamp. Transcription: Elvira / Bill. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
A turquoise cuff by Elvira Bill, photographed in the T.Skies gallery. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Elvira Bill's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo/Diné · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Elvira Bill is a Navajo silversmith active since the 2010s, working in a retro style with bump-outs and deep stamp work. She is the daughter of Emerson Bill and Nora Tahe-Bill. Her mother Nora Tahe (also documented as Nora Tahe-Bill) works in heavy-gauge bracelets with stamp work and bump-outs; Nora's mark is NORA. Emerson Bill works in retro-style cast work and carinated bracelets in silver and copper.
The mark
Per Hougart: Mark: ELVIRA BILL.
What is known
- Nation: Navajo
- Active since 2010s
- Technique: retro style; bump-outs; deep stamp work
- Daughter of Emerson Bill and Nora Tahe-Bill
- Mark: ELVIRA BILL
- No birth year or awards documented
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 61. "Elvira Bill (Navajo). Active since 2010s. Retro; bump-outs; deep stamp work. Daughter of Emerson and Nora Tahe. Mark: ELVIRA BILL." Cross-reference: Emerson Bill entry (same page): "Emerson Bill (Navajo). Retro style; cast work; carinated bracelets; silver, copper. Married to Nora Tahe-Bill. Father of Elvira Bill. Mark: Emerson [script]." Nora Tahe cross-reference (p. 302): "Nora Tahe (Navajo). Heavy gauge bracelets; stamp work; bump-outs. Mother of Elvira Bill. Wife of Emerson Bill. Mark: NORA."
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