Jimmie Patterson — Navajo/Diné Inlay Artist Hallmark
Jimmie Patterson's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo/Diné · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Jimmie Patterson is a Navajo silversmith active since the 1970s. His specialization is chip inlay — a technique in which crushed stone or shell is set into recessed channels in silver, producing a mosaic-like surface.
The mark
What is known
No birth year, style elaboration, award history, or family cross-references are given in the Hougart entry. The Patterson surname is not a large cluster in Hougart — Jimmie Patterson is the only Patterson-surname silversmith indexed. The chip-inlay specialization places him within the broader Southwest inlay tradition common among Navajo smiths working during the 1970s–1990s.
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 240.
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