Allen Kee — Navajo Silversmith & Hallmark
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Allen Kee (1916–1972) was a Navajo silversmith active primarily during the 1940s through the 1960s. He worked in traditional fabricated silversmithing with stone settings.
Kee studied silversmithing under Ambrose Roanhorse. Early in his career, he worked as a silversmith at Babbitt’s Indian Shop in the 1930s.
He is best known for his years at the White Hogan, where he worked alongside his brothers George and Ivan Kee and his cousin Kenneth Begay from 1946 until 1962. Work produced at the White Hogan often carries both the artist’s personal mark and the shop mark.
The Mark
“A K (conjoined; embossed) usually with the White Hogan shop mark (may also include HAND MADE STERLING)”
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~293.
See also: Ambrose Roanhorse (teacher) and Kenneth Begay (cousin and White Hogan colleague).
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- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.