Silver Pin
Billy Rae Hawee, Hopi / American, 1937 - 1982
Hopi Arts and Crafts Silvercraft Cooperative Guild, Second Mesa, Arizona
Hopi
Southwest
1969
Silver
Overall: 2 1/16 × 1 11/16 × 5/16 in. (5.2 × 4.3 × 0.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Richard K. Meyer
170.5.24903
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped on back with sun symbol of the Hopi arts and Crafts Guild and star and moon, "mark" of Billy Ray Hawee.
Provenance
The Museum Shop, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona; sold to present collection, 1970.
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