Eva Cellicion — Zuni Silversmith
Eva Cellicion is a Zuni mosaic and raised inlay jeweler who worked with Dexter Cellicion. Gregory Schaaf's American Indian Jewelry I lists her as Zuni, active until at least 1990 in mosaic and raised inlay jewelry, in silver with coral, turquoise, jet, mother-of-pearl, serpentine, melon shell, spiny oyster and penn shell (Schaaf 2003, p. 108).
Theda and Michael Bassman's Zuni Jewelry pictures two inlay pin-pendants made in the 1960s by Eva and Dexter Cellicion, one in pink shell, turquoise, jet, coral, mother-of-pearl and abalone, the other in white clam shell, turquoise, coral and jet (Bassman and Bassman 2006, p. 29).
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References
- 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.
- Bassman, Theda, and Michael Bassman. Zuni Jewelry. Photographs by Gene Balzer. Revised and expanded 3rd edition. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.
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