Joel Pajarito — Silversmith
Hallmark documented in: Hougart. Rendered from the documented mark, not a photograph.
Overview
Joel Pajarito (born 1984) is a Kewa (Santo Domingo) artist working in tufa-cast silver — pins and pendants with petroglyph designs and stone sets. He is the brother of Cordell Pajarito and son of Anthony Lovato, and was a Goodman Fellow in 2008. His mark is "JOEL," with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or worked as part of the cast.
A note on the name: our scan of the entry header prints "PaJanto," but the corpus entry for his brother Cordell — "Brother of Joel Pajarito" — confirms the surname Pajarito.
The Mark
"Joel PaJanto (1984-, Kewa). Tufa cast work; pins; pendants; petroglyph designs; stone sets. Brot er Son of Anthony Lovato. Goodman Fellow in 2008. Mark: JOEL(with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or w, part of the cast)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: JOEL (with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or as part of the cast).
References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.
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