Tony Kyasyousie — Hopi Silversmith Hallmark
Tony Kyasyousie learned silversmithing at Hopicrafts and worked there. Margaret Nickelson Wright's Hopi Silver, a register of Hopi smiths and their hallmarks, records Tony Kyasyousie as a member of the Greasewood clan from Hotevilla who began silverwork in 1969 (Wright 2003, p. 84). Tony Kyasyousie died in 1993.
The hallmark
Wright labels the mark "Rabbit Stick 1975." The printed drawing shows a bent, L-shaped throwing stick with a narrow straight handle at its lower-left end and small line markings on its wide part, beside the small capital letters TK (Wright 2003, p. 84).
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References
- Wright, Margaret Nickelson. Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing. Revised edition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.
- 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.
From the Library: Schaaf, American Indian Jewelry I (2003)
2003 primary source. Anything described as current here describes 2003, not today.
Schaaf's 2003 hallmark index gives TK to one maker:
“TK (Tony Kyasyousie)”
— Schaaf (2003), p. 199 [2]
Schaaf (2003, p. 208) named Tony Kyasyousie as a brother of the Hopi jeweler Raymond Kyasyousie. [2]
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