Roger Cellicion — Zuni Silversmith Hallmark
Zuni · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
The marks
One mark is documented for Roger Cellicion: R. LC; Roger & Lela Cellicion (etched script); R + L Cellicion (etched script) (documented period: 1960s-1980s).
Roger Cellicion (1934-2007; Zuni). Active 1960s-1980s. Roger Cellicion shares marks with his wife Lela Cellicion. Brother of Dexter and Oliver Cellicion. Marks: R. LC; Roger & Lela Cellicion (etched script); R + L Cellicion (etched)
About this mark
Roger Cellicion is documented as a Zuni silversmith in the T.Skies hallmark reference library.
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References
- T.Skies Native American Hallmarks Library — documented from the T.Skies gallery collection.
- Hougart. Native American & Southwestern Silver Hallmarks (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.
- Bassman, Theda, and Michael Bassman. Zuni Jewelry. Revised and Expanded 3rd Edition. Photographs by Gene Balzer. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2006 (first published 1992). Cited by printed page. Statements describe conditions as of 2006.
From the Library: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Under his wife Lela's entry, Schaaf (2003) dated the couple's mark:
“stamps or engraves RLC, 1973-?”
— Schaaf (2003), p. 108 [1]
Schaaf (2003, p. 109) recorded Roger Cellicion as Zuni, active from the 1960s into the 1980s in mosaic, channel inlay and carved stone jewelry, with the Sunface, Longhair Kachinas and Comanche Chiefs among his favorite designs and Cameron Trading Post among his galleries. [1]
From the Library: Bassman and Bassman, Zuni Jewelry (2006)
2006 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2006, not today.
Motif names follow the captions in Bassman and Bassman (2006), an outside observers' record; the Zuni people are the authority on the meaning of their own sacred figures.
Bassman and Bassman (2006, p. 37) pictured an inlay Rainbow God bola tie of turquoise, coral, jet and mother-of-pearl, made in 1970 by Lela and Roger Cellicion. [2]
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