Sue Kee
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Overview
Sue Kee is a Navajo silversmith documented for storyteller bracelets and carved novelties. She shares her stamp with her husband, Tom Kee, whose own entry records the same arrangement from his side.
Collector's caution: Sue Kee and Tom Kee share one stamp — the stamp alone cannot tell you which of the two made a given piece. The stamp is also garbled in the scan of Hougart's entry (it prints as ". SK("), so the mark's actual form is unverified until checked against a physical copy. Read any piece attributed to this stamp with both cautions in mind.
The Mark
"Sue Kee (NavaJ ·oJ [garbled in scan; reads as 'Navajo'] Storyteller bracelets, , ,,.,1t;e,, [garbled in scan; reads as 'carved novelties' per the paired entry] She ,hare• the ,tamp [garbled; reads as 'shares the stamp'] with he, h,sb,od [her husband] Tom K ee. Mark•, . SK(' [mark garbled in scan — not readable as printed]"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), entry at approx. scan line 18072.
The marks as documented in the Hougart corpus: a stamp shared with husband Tom Kee — OCR-garbled in the scan (prints ". SK("); verify at physical source.
References - Hougart, Bille. *Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks*, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry at approx. scan line 18072.
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