Joel Pajarito — Silversmith

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Overview

Joel Pajarito (born 1984) is a Kewa (Santo Domingo) artist working in tufa-cast silver — pins and pendants with petroglyph designs and stone sets. He is the brother of Cordell Pajarito and son of Anthony Lovato, and was a Goodman Fellow in 2008. His mark is "JOEL," with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or worked as part of the cast.

A note on the name: our scan of the entry header prints "PaJanto," but the corpus entry for his brother Cordell — "Brother of Joel Pajarito" — confirms the surname Pajarito.

The Mark

"Joel PaJanto (1984-, Kewa). Tufa cast work; pins; pendants; petroglyph designs; stone sets. Brot er Son of Anthony Lovato. Goodman Fellow in 2008. Mark: JOEL(with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or w, part of the cast)"

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), approx. p. ~22578.

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: JOEL (with SDP for Santo Domingo Pueblo, or as part of the cast).

References

• Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~22578.

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