Benson Manygoats

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Overview

Benson Manygoats (born 1967) is a Navajo artist making fabricated jewelry — cobblestone and channel inlay in silver and gold, nugget sets and bracelets. He is a multiple award winner, including a 2016 SWAIA Best-in-Class award.

A note on the name: our scan prints the surname split as 'Man oats', but the mark list — MANYGOATS, B MANYGOATS, and MANYGOATS with the image of a goat — together with the adjacent Manygoats family entries fixes the printed name as Manygoats, and that is how we record him.

The Mark

"Benson Man[y]goats (1967-; Navajo). Fabricated jewelry; cobblestone and channel inlay; silver, gold; nugget sets; bracelets. Multiple award winner. 2016 SWAIA Best-in-Class award. Marks: MANYGOATS; B MANYGOATS; MANYGOATS (plus image of a goat); BENSON [placement garbled in our scan]"

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), approx. p. ~20783.

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: MANYGOATS; B MANYGOATS; MANYGOATS (plus image of a goat); a BENSON form appears in a garbled stretch of our scan.

References

• Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~20783.

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