Gasper — Zuni Silversmith
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A Zuni silversmith identified in the Hougart corpus as active since the 1940s, specializing in cluster work. The name in the source scan reads "ndGasper" — a scanning artifact where the word "and" from a preceding list entry bleeds into the surname, yielding a false prefix. The true name is most likely simply "Gasper" or a first-initial form; a clean text source is needed to confirm the full name.
The Gasper family is well documented in the Zuni silversmithing tradition: Rose Gasper (active 1930s–1980s) shared a stamp with her husband Arlan Gasper and was the mother of Arnie and Duran Gasper; Dinah Gasper and Peter Gasper are also noted in the corpus for carved and set stonework. This entry likely represents an additional family member — possibly an elder — active in the 1940s cluster-work tradition, but cannot be positively identified by name from the recovered from the source scan text alone.
The name recovered from the source scan is uncertain; it will be updated when a cleaner source is verified.
The Mark
"— Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. (2022)."
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
No mark text is legible for this entry in the source record. The adjacent Gasper family mark is documented as "A & R G" (shared mark of Arlan and Rose Gasper).
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- Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.
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