Leroy Honyaktewa — Hopi Silversmith
Leroy Honyaktewa made rings with cloud and water-symbol designs, two of which, both made in 1992, appear in Theda Bassman's The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry (Bassman 1993, pp. 30, 43).
Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records that he learned from Glenn Lucas and began silverwork at Mishongnovi in 1988 (Wright 2003, p. 99). Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as Hopi, working in overlay, and active from the 1980s until 2011, the year of his death (Hougart 2022, p. 144).
His hallmark
Wright indexes his mark under "Eagle" (Wright 2003, p. 116). Hougart lists conjoined initials, "L H (conjoined)," among his marks (Hougart 2022, p. 144).
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References
- Bassman, Theda. The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry. Photography by Gene Balzer. Walnut, California: Kiva Publishing, 1993.
- Wright, Margaret Nickelson. Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing. Revised edition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks: Silversmiths, Designers, Guilds and Traders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
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