Description
Hopi Robert Lomadapki (1942-2015) Joshweseoma Overlay sterling bracelet 22mm wide.
Artist Robert Lomadapki was born at Hotevilla on Hopi's Third Mesa. He is known
for making Hopi overlay style of jewelry since the 1970s. In 2008, he was named
an "Arizona Living Treasure" for his dedicated work in education and the Native
American Community.
Robert Lomadapki (1942-2015) Joshweseoma was a talented artist, an educator and
a gallery owner who spent his time encouraging and promoting the careers of
young artists. He spent the last years of his life in the Applied Indigenous
Studies department at Northern Arizona University as a traditional knowledge
scholar. He was also the owner and operator of Isvaki Gallery in downtown
Flagstaff, Arizona. In the 1970s he was part of a program at the Museum of
Northern Arizona where he was able to collaborate and study along with Duayne
Maktima and Victor Beck under the mentorship of Jake Brookings.
All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry
referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)
silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what
it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings
photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if
the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is
shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.
