Dennis T. Bird — Taos Silversmith

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Dennis T. Bird is a Taos Pueblo silversmith active since the 1990s. The Hougart entry records his mark without additional biographical or stylistic detail beyond tribal affiliation and active period.

The Mark

"Mountains with eyes"

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

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~9798.

The mark is a pictographic stamp depicting mountains with eyes — a distinctive pictographic form that distinguishes him from other Bird-surname silversmiths documented in the Hougart corpus.

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References

Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~9798.