One Proud Knife !
Kenneth Begay
- Savvy Price $800.00
- Gallery Price $900.00
- Title
- One Proud Knife !
- Artist
- Kenneth Begay
- Medium
- Sterling silver
- Troy ounces
- 2.63 troy ounces
- Size
- 8 1/2" length
- Signed
- "Sterling" White Hogan symbol "KB" "Man Made" stamped on end of handle
- Date of creation
- Circa 1955-1960
- Condition
- Excellent
- Provenance
- JKB
- Gram weight
- 81.9 grams
- About The One Proud Knife !
Understated elegance -- exactly what Kenneth Begay was known for.
- About Kenneth Begay
(1913-1977) Silversmith, jeweler and teacher, Kenneth Begay has been called the “father of modern Navajo jewelry”. In the early years his bold, modern designs were considered so radical that he was excluded from a 1949 exhibition of Native American art. Today his clean, elegant creations are seen in numerous museum collections including The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the Heard Museum.
Begay spent his most productive years (1948-1962) as a smith at the White Hogan in Scottsdale. His son, Harvey Begay became another highly regarded jeweler and silversmith.
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