Gasper (OCR: ndGasper) — Zuni Silversmith
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A Zuni silversmith identified in the Hougart corpus as active since the 1940s, specializing in cluster work. The name as mined from the corpus reads "ndGasper" — an OCR artifact where the word "and" from a preceding list entry bleeds into the surname, yielding a false prefix. The true name is most likely simply "Gasper" or a first-initial form; a clean text source is needed to confirm the full name.
The Gasper family is well documented in the Zuni silversmithing tradition: Rose Gasper (active 1930s–1980s) shared a stamp with her husband Arlan Gasper and was the mother of Arnie and Duran Gasper; Dinah Gasper and Peter Gasper are also noted in the corpus for carved and set stonework. This entry likely represents an additional family member — possibly an elder — active in the 1940s cluster-work tradition, but cannot be positively identified by name from the OCR-recovered text alone.
*Note: This entry is flagged OCR-suspect. The slug "ndgasper" reflects the mined artifact; the true name will be updated when a clean source is verified.*
The Mark
"— Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~14893."
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~14893.
No mark text is legible for this entry in the OCR-recovered corpus. The adjacent Gasper family mark is documented as "A & R G" (shared mark of Arlan and Rose Gasper).
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- Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~14893.