Alfred Chavez — Navajo Silversmith
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Alfred Chavez is a Navajo silversmith. The Hougart record places him in the "Chavez" cluster alongside other members of the extended Chavez family active in Southwestern silversmithing. The OCR-recovered corpus associates his mark with an "A. C." stamp variant and situates him adjacent to Ben Chavez, Bernadine Chavez, and Elroy Chavez — indicating a family workshop tradition. Bernadine Chavez reportedly shares a stamp with her husband Elroy Chavez; Alfred's entry appears at the head of this family grouping, suggesting he may be an elder relative.
The Mark
""A. C. Be~ Ch!ve." [OCR-partial; most probable reading: A.C. or A. Chavez] — Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~11305."
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~11305.
The mark as recovered from the corpus is partially OCR-degraded. The legible portion reads "A. C." with a probable full-name variant "A. Chavez." Attributed with caution pending a clean text source.
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- Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~11305.