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The Navajo
Arts and Crafts Guild organized in 1941 in Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, and started
as a co-op in Pine Springs, Arizona, in 1942, the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild
is wholly owned by the Navajo Nation and has been creating jewelry, arts, and
crafts for over 70 years. Some of the silversmiths that helped form the guild were, Ambrose
Roanhorse, Chester Yellowhair and Fred Peshlakai. Now silversmiths had a marketplace
to share their acquired skills. In the 1944 book, “The
Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths”, John Adair writes, “The type of silverware
that the guild promotes is […] a revival of the old simple types of jewelry,
without sets for the most part. Emphasis is placed on cast work.
The sweet bird measures 3 1/4" wide by 1 5/8" tall. It has a deep patina from age of the silver. Can be worn as a hat pin or on a purse. The piece is hallmarked with the official Horned Moon, Guilds mark and NAVAJO.
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