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Hello Paula..

First thanks for your site..Very nice..

I have a Hopi belt buckle I purchased around 1986 at a gallery / art center on 2nd Mesa….I believe the hallmark is an R & A combined , where the bottom of the R has a horozontial line to look like an A ..Any idea who that might be.?

Thank you , Elaine

HI Elaine,

What a GREAT buckle !!

According to Hopi Silver by Margaret Nickelson Wright, that hallmark is attributed to Ramon (Albert Jr.) Dalangyawma who began silver work in 1978. He learned silversmithing at Hopicrafts which was a private enterprise from 1961-1983.

Ramon (Albert Jr.) Dalangyawma has a Navajo mother and Hopi father.

Paula

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