Joe Reano — Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) Silversmith
Joe Reano's necklaces carry their turquoise by name. Oscar T. Branson's Turquoise: The Gem of the Centuries shows a "Natural untreated Smokey Valley necklace by Joe Reano of Santo Domingo, Pueblo, New Mexico" (Branson 1975, p. 29), and features his necklaces again in its pages on the Lone Mountain mine (Branson 1975, pp. 46–47).
Ray Manley's Collecting Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts shows "Natural Lone Mountain turquoise in jocla-type necklace made by Joe and Terry Reano" (Manley 1979, p. 46).
Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as Kewa, born in 1940, active since the 1970s, working in a traditional style, and a "Multiple award winner" (Hougart 2022, p. 265). The older books name his pueblo Santo Domingo; Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) is the same pueblo under its reclaimed original name.
His hallmark
Hougart gives his mark as "J R", which "may be on an attached tag" (Hougart 2022, p. 265).
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References
- Branson, Oscar T. Turquoise: The Gem of the Centuries. Santa Fe: Treasure Chest Publications, 1975.
- Manley, Ray. Ray Manley's Collecting Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts. Text by Clara Lee Tanner and others; photography by Naurice Koonce, Ray Manley and Alan Manley. Tucson: Ray Manley Photography, 1979.
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks: Silversmiths, Designers, Guilds and Traders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
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