About the Artist

Bernice collaborated with her husband, Roosevelt Tekala. This Zuni couple actively created channel inlay as well as stampwork jewelry during the 1940's. Each favored flowers, feathers and leaf designs to enhance bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants, pins and watchbands. Examples of their watchbands are illustrated in the Bells' book Zuni the Art and the People, along with an enlarged version of their RB hallmark.