Redwater — Navajo/Diné Silversmith Hallmark
Redwater's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo/Diné · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
The mark
"Redwater (Navajo). Mark: R (and running water)" — Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 265.
Hougart documents this artist under the single name Redwater (Navajo):
What is known
- Name used: Redwater (single word — appears to be a brand-style hallmark name, not a conventional surname)
- Nation: Navajo
- Mark: R (stamped letter R combined with a running water symbol/motif)
- No biographical dates, techniques, or active period given in Hougart.
- "Red Water" (two words) produces no separate hits — this is a single-word entry.
No entry found in Adair 1944, Rosnek 1976, Schaaf, or Dubin sources. The "running water" pictorial element in the mark makes this a distinctive composite hallmark (initial + symbol).
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 265.
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