Mitchell Sockyma Vintage Hopi Sterling Silver Pin Koshare Clown Hopi Crafts

  

This vintage sterling silver pin has been beautifully crafted by well known Hopi silversmith Mitchell Sockyma. It shows the Koshare clown kachina. The pin measures 2 1/4" by 1". It is signed with Mitchell's MS and Turtle hallmark and stamped sterling. It is in great vintage condition.

In Hopi a sacred clown is a combination of jester, priest and shaman. Clowns amuse audiences through their delightful antics and support rituals by contrasting the sublime and the ridiculous. Hopi clowns are tradition keepers and at the same time the supreme delight makers. Mitchell Sockyma was born in the third Mesa village of Hotevilla.

In 1973, he landed a job at the Hopi Crafts Shop, a workshop and studio new his home where his two older brothers were also silversmiths. He is considered to be one of the finest contemporary Hopi jewelers today. His work is in the collection of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and he has been featured in numerous publications including American Indian Art Magazine (Autumn 1996; Winter 1996). He still resides with his family in Hopi where he maintains a lifestyle in which art and beauty are intertwined with his Hopi religion and values in his everyday life.

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