Artie Yellowhorse
- Maker
- Artie Yellowhorse attributed, not confirmed
- Struck in
- Navajo Nation, New Mexico attributed, not confirmed
- Recorded on
- 1 piece
This mark identifies the work of Artie Yellowhorse, a prominent third-generation Navajo silversmith and jewelry designer from the Towering House Clan. Working with her daughters Desiree and Marina, Yellowhorse is widely recognized for bridging traditional Diné metalwork with clean, contemporary Southwest design. Her studio pieces are known for substantial silver weight, polished domed beads, intricate twisted-wire borders, and textured or hammered surfaces.
Pieces stamped with this mark range from bold cuff bracelets set with high-grade turquoise or colored gemstones to heavy sculptural pendants and earrings. The craftsmanship is clean and refined, featuring heavy-gauge sterling silver construction.
The mark is typically stamped cleanly in block capital or stylized text reading "Artie Yellowhorse" paired with "STERLING". It should not be confused with marks from other silversmiths in the multi-generational Yellowhorse family, such as David Yellowhorse (noted for intricate channel inlay and customized knife bolsters) or Frank Yellowhorse, who use distinct, separate maker's marks.
As struck on the pieces recorded here, the full run of stamps reads “Artie Yellowhorse STERLING”.
Previously sold with this mark
Kept on the record — a maker's back catalogue is most of the evidence that a mark is what we say it is.
Struck alongside
Pieces carrying this mark are also struck with these.
If your piece also carries a Mexican assay mark, here is how to date it
Mexico ran two systems and which one a piece carries is itself a date. An eagle's head in profile with a number inside it was compulsory from 1948 and discontinued in 1979, so an eagle puts the piece inside that span. The eagle was drawn in outline until about 1955 and as a solid silhouette after, which narrows it further.
From 1979 the eagle was replaced by a letter-letter-number registry mark that is still in use — TL-67, TF-24. The first letter is the town: T for Taxco, M for Mexico City, G for Guadalajara, C for Cuernavaca. The second is the first letter of the silversmith's surname, and the number is their place in that town's register.
The number does not name the maker on its own. Matching a registration to a person takes the register, and collectors have spent decades doing it one entry at a time. Where we cannot say whose it is, this index says so rather than guessing.
| Struck | Means |
|---|---|
| An eagle mark, any number | 1948–1979 |
| TL-67 | After 1979; Taxco, surname beginning L |
What this entry is based on
- one piece carrying this mark, handled and photographed by this shop Written with the piece in hand. No published hallmark reference covers most of these marks.
Nothing outside this shop has been checked for this mark yet. What is above comes from the pieces themselves and from what was written while they were in hand.
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