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Dana017
Jun 28, 2012, 01:24 PM
I have a wonderful contemporary Native American necklace. It has large cutout coyote and is heavily beaded. The hall mark is R* (a R with a star next to it.) Any ideas who the artist is? Thank you, Dana

tootaloo699
Jun 28, 2012, 04:31 PM
I had a frirnd named Rhett Lewis who learned to make Native American Jewerly from his father an the shop they owned was in Holbrook, AZ an was called Lewis Traders. He used a R for awhile then when on to other symbols later. I have a lot of his jewerly because he let me pick my own stones an would custom design around them for me. Sorry to say that Rhett has not been making anything since they robbed his shop. He got completely out of the business. It is still possible that there is a few designers using that symbol, letter though. Good Luck

JudyKayTee
Jun 28, 2012, 04:36 PM
Fascinating - but the question was R* - did your friend's father use that specific mark when he made "jewerly"?

tootaloo699
Jun 28, 2012, 05:12 PM
Yes he did us an R.

Alty
Jun 28, 2012, 05:14 PM
Yes he did us an R.

R*. The question asked about an R and a star, not just an R.

Geesh! :(

JudyKayTee
Jun 28, 2012, 05:37 PM
R*. The question asked about an R and a star, not just an R.

Geesh! :(

Didn't God ever tell you not to say "Geesh"?

Alty
Jun 28, 2012, 05:38 PM
Didn't God ever tell you not to say "Geesh"?

LOL! Only once, but I ignored him/her/it/my imagination. :)

JudyKayTee
Jun 28, 2012, 05:41 PM
Yes he did us an R.


Let's try this again - it's usE, not us.

The question was about an R and a star. Got it?

odinn7
Jun 29, 2012, 10:21 AM
Didn't God ever tell you not to say "Geesh"?

OMG! You owe me a new monitor and keyboard! I spit iced tea all over it when I saw this comment! LMAO!

JudyKayTee
Jun 29, 2012, 06:33 PM
This is the best part of "the profile": Please do not call me an expert, I will make no such claims!

Alty
Jun 29, 2012, 07:56 PM
This is the best part of "the profile": Please do not call me an expert, I will make no such claims!

I love that part too. When I read it the first thing that came into my head was "duh!" ;)

granon
Jul 7, 2012, 03:41 PM
Hi, I could not find an R with a star in the Hallmarks of the southwest book by barton wright. However, you may want to look at the following links I have put together for my own use in looking up hallmarks: http://delicious.com/stacks/view/JUEkdL