Fernando Puhuhefvaya — Hopi Silversmith
Fernando Puhuhefvaya learned at the Guild, Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records, and began silverwork at Shungopavi in 1989 (Wright 2003, p. 102).
Two of his pins, one of a snake and one of corn, appear in Theda Bassman's The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry (Bassman 1993, p. 35). Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as Hopi, active since the 1980s, working in overlay that "may have stone sets," with sun-face designs among his work (Hougart 2022, p. 256).
His hallmark
Wright labels his mark "Snow Cloud", drawn with his name (Wright 2003, p. 102). Hougart gives his marks as "Puhuhefvaya (and a snow cloud symbol); snow cloud" (Hougart 2022, p. 256).
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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.
- 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. 128) recorded Fernando Puhuhefvaya as a brother of the Hopi overlay smith Steward Tewawina Dacawyma and of Pat Tewawina, and named Bernard Dawahoya as their uncle. [4]
Schaaf (2003, p. 262) recorded Fernando Puhuhefvaya as Hopi, active from about 1989 in overlay at Shungopavi, a brother of Steward Decawyma, with Water Serpents, the man-in-the-maze and storm symbols among his favorite designs. [4]
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