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Nancy Westika — Zuni silversmith hallmark namecard

Name-card placeholder — hallmark imagery to follow

Overview

Nancy Westika is a Zuni channel-inlay artist active since the 1970s. She shares her stamp — S. N. W. — with her husband Sheldon Westika, so the mark identifies the household, not one hand.

Collector's caution: The S. N. W. stamp is shared — Hougart documents the identical mark for both Nancy and Sheldon Westika. A piece bearing S. N. W. cannot be attributed to either artist alone on the mark's evidence.

The Mark

"Nancy Westika (Zuni). Active since !970s. Channel inlay. Nancy Westika shares the stamp with her husband Sheldon Westika. Mark: S. N. W."

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), approx. p. ~29492.

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: S. N. W. (shared with her husband Sheldon Westika).

References

Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~29492.

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