Mose Blackgoat — Navajo Silversmith
Mose Blackgoat was a Navajo silversmith who worked in cast silver. John Adair's The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths names him among the Navajo silversmiths of 1940, a year Adair calls "A year of peak production" (Adair 1944, p. 195).
Bille Hougart's Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks lists him as "Mose Blackgoat (1898-1975; Navajo)," making cast work and bracelets, "some in snake shape," and records that he was the father of Ben Blackgoat (Hougart 2022, p. 66), whom Hougart lists as a maker of mosaic inlay, overlay and boxes (1928–1970) (Hougart 2022, p. 65).
His hallmark
Hougart gives his mark as Mose, in script (Hougart 2022, p. 66).
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References
- Adair, John. The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944.
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks: Silversmiths, Designers, Guilds and Traders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: BilleHougartBooks, 2022.
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