Larry and Lorinda Dickson — Zuni Silversmiths

Larry and Lorinda Dickson are a Zuni husband and wife who have worked together in inlay since the 1960s, under one stamp. Gregory Schaaf's American Indian Jewelry I lists both as Zuni, active from 1965 in channel inlay, and records that both learned from Marietta Sosseeah, Lorinda's mother (Schaaf 2003, p. 138). Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists each as active since the 1960s in channel inlay and sharing the L / L stamp (Hougart 2022, p. 107).

Theda and Michael Bassman's Zuni Jewelry shows their coved inlay from the 1960s and 1970s: rings and earrings of Sun God figures in mother-of-pearl, turquoise, jet, coral and tortoise shell, each credited "by Lorinda and Larry Dickson" (Bassman and Bassman 2006, pp. 16, 17). Schaaf gives their forms as bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants, pins and rings, and their favorite design as the Sunface (Schaaf 2003, p. 138).

Schaaf records that Larry attended the Albuquerque Indian School in 1962 and 1963, also paints, took third place in mosaic matched sets at the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup in 2002, and is represented in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico (Schaaf 2003, p. 138).

Their hallmark

Hougart gives the shared mark as L / L DICKSON, and Larry's own as L. Dickson, etched (Hougart 2022, p. 107). Schaaf records that both sign L/L Dickson (Schaaf 2003, p. 138).