Harry Sakyesva — Hopi Silversmith Hallmark
Harry Sakyesva may have learned silversmithing in Tucson, from Ralph Tawangyaouma and Allen Pooyama. Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records him as a member of the Corn clan from Hotevilla who began silverwork around the 1940s, and calls him "an excellent smith" (Wright 2003, p. 77). He died in 1971.
His hallmark
Wright labels his mark "Tadpole." The printed drawing shows a tadpole with a round head, one small circle eye and a notched mouth, and a long S-curved tail sweeping down to the lower left (Wright 2003, p. 77).
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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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