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Kim Messier

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Kim Messier is a native of Tucson, Arizona and is the co-author, with her mother Pat Messier, of Hopi & Pueblo Tiles: An Illustrated History, Reassessing Hallmarks of Native Southwest Jewelry, and Images of America: Garden of the Gods Trading Post will be published May 27, 2019 by Arcadia Publishing. She and Pat were guest curators of the tile exhibit “Clay Squared” at Arizona State Museum, and they have given presentations on jewelry hallmarks in Tucson and Phoenix. Kim has written for the Indian Trader newspaper, and reviewed books for Publishers Weekly, Southwest BookViews and regional periodicals.

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While I am new to the marks of Native American jewelry I have learned a great deal from what I have read so far on your blog and thank you for this. After reading your blog on Lincoln Ambrose and Ambrose Roanhorse I could see that people are still confusing the marks and some pieces have the Roanhorse name rather than a mark. Would these pieces be marked incorrectly? K. King

Kim Messier Katherine,

There is still some confusion over the two hallmarks, and there are some in the Indian jewelry industry who refuse to believe the corrected …moreKatherine,

There is still some confusion over the two hallmarks, and there are some in the Indian jewelry industry who refuse to believe the corrected attributions. However, Ambrose Roanhorse did not sign every piece he made with the AR in a Horse hallmark, and some dealers are comfortable attributing unsigned pieces to A. Roanhorse by the age and style of work. A. Roanhorse did not sign any pieces with only his last name, so anything attributed to Ambrose Roanhorse with that hallmark would be incorrect. Also consider that there were, and still are, many Navajo silversmiths with the last name of Roanhorse, and they may use their last name as part of their hallmark.

Thank you for contacting me, and for your compliments of the blog posts.

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Kim Messier

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Kim, do you have information on a silversmith named Sonny Romero? I have seen one reference to him on Worthpoint, where he is described as Zuni. Another reference to him on Worthpoint, where he is attributed as a collaborator on a piece by Jacob Poleviyouma. Romero is listed in Hougart's book on silversmiths. His mark is a sun face with rays. I would attach an image, but I don't seen an option to do so here.

Kim Messier Hi Harold. I have no knowledge of Sonny Romero. You have already conducted the research I would have done to find any information about him. I have ac…moreHi Harold. I have no knowledge of Sonny Romero. You have already conducted the research I would have done to find any information about him. I have access to Hougart’s 3rd edition and have seen the mark attributed to Sonny Romero. I have never seen any jewelry with this mark.(less)

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	Hopi and Pueblo Tiles: An Illustrated History by Kim Messier (Goodreads Author), Pat Messier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garden of the Gods Trading Post by Pat Messier, Kim Messier (Goodreads Author), Diana F. Pardue (Foreword) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reassessing Hallmarks of Native Southwest Jewelry: Artists, Traders, Guilds, and the Government by Pat Messier, Kim Messier (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legendary Patania Jewelry: In the Tradition of the Southwest by Pat Messier, Kim Messier (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars