Rosemary Nez — Navajo Silversmith Hallmark

Biography by Mateo James

Hallmark of Rosemary Nez (Navajo) — photographed by T.Skies

Rosemary Nez's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.

Navajo · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library

The mark

"Rosemary Nez (Navajo). Needlepoint. Co-stamps with her husband Nathanial Nez. Marks: N & R; N & R Nez" — Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 228.

Hougart documents this artist as Rosemary Nez (Navajo):

Her husband is documented in the same passage:

What is known

  • Nation: Navajo
  • Technique: needlepoint
  • Marks (shared with husband Nathanial Nez): N & R; N & R Nez (both stamped)
  • Works as a co-stamping couple; pieces may carry either or both marks
  • No birth/active date range recorded in Hougart
  • No additional data found in Schaaf, Adair 1944, Rosnek 1976, Bedinger, Wright, or Dubin sources

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References

  • Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 228.

Husband: Nathanial Nez (co-stamps N & R; N & R Nez)