Lyndon B. Tsosie — Silversmith
Hallmark documented in: Hougart, Schaaf (1200 Bios), art-amerindien.com. Rendered from the documented mark, not a photograph.
Overview
Lyndon B. Tsosie (born 1968) is a Navajo artist active since about 1990, working across tufa casting, fabrication, inlay and stamp work in various materials — silver and gold, cobblestone inlay — on jewelry, boxes, spikes and stars. He has collaborated with inlay artist Chavez Gee and is a multiple award winner.
Our reference library also records that he produces a "White Hogan" silver design line using stamps once used at the White Hogan Silver shop.
Collector’s caution: Because Tsosie’s "White Hogan" line uses stamps once used at the White Hogan Silver shop, a White Hogan-style stamp is not by itself proof of a mid-century White Hogan shop piece. Weigh construction, materials and provenance alongside the stamp.
The Mark
"Lyndon B. Tsosie (1968-; Navajo). Active since c.1990. Tufa casting; fabricated; inlay; sta'!IP work;_ vari?us m_a terials; silver, gold; cobblestone; jewelry; boxes; spikes; stars. Also produces a “White Hogan” silver design line using stamps once used at the White Hogan Silver shop. Some collaboration with inlay artist Chavez Gee. Multiple award winner. Marks: Lyndon B. Tsosie (script); LYNDON; LYNDON (and a hogan mark)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
The mark as documented in Hougart's hallmark reference: Lyndon B. Tsosie (script); LYNDON; LYNDON (and a hogan mark).
References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
- Schaaf, Gregory, with Angie Yan Schaaf. American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies, ca. 1800-present. American Indian Art Series, Vol. 5. Santa Fe: CIAC Press, 2003. Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2003.
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From the Library: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Schaaf (2003, p. 313) recorded Lyndon B. Tsosie as Navajo, born in 1968 at Fort Defiance and living in Gallup as of 2003, active from about 1990 in traditional and contemporary tufa-cast and fabricated gold and silver jewelry and boxes, educated at Tohatchi High School, and with 24 awards including a second prize for bracelets at Indian Market in 2000. [1]
Schaaf (2003, p. 313) named Tommy Jackson as his teacher, while also writing that he was mostly self-taught, with encouragement from his parents. [1]
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