Snow Cloud: Silverwork by Bernard Dawahoya c.1980-1998

We are honored to present an extensive collection of work by Hopi master silversmith Masqueva, known to most as Bernard Dawahoya (1935-2011). Bernard Dawahoya was a storyteller, weaver, painter and kachina carver, but found the most renown for his work in silver.

Dawahoya began silversmithing as a teenager and worked until almost the end of his life. All examples in this collection are Hopi overlay, where each design is painstakingly sawed out by hand and then soldered over a separate piece of silver, which in turn has been oxidized and matted to create texture.

It is always a rare treat to acquire a large collection from a single jeweler. In this case, this group was purchased directly from Bernard over the course of 20 years, and serves as a one of a kind archive for an exceptional jeweler.