Description
1.25" Robert Lomadapki Hopi overlay belt buckle geometric sterling silver. Solid sterling silver (tested) with weight and measurements in pictures.. Buckle fits a 1.25" belt. Circa third quarter of the 20th century.
Robert Lomadapki was born in 1942 at Hotevilla on Hopis Third Mesa. 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. He is known for making Hopi overlay jewelry since the 1970s.
In 2008, Robert Lomadapki (1942-2015) was named an “Arizona Living Treasure for his dedicated work in education in the Native American community. Not only was he a talented artist, he was 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.
