Artist: Lambert Homer Jr., Zuni (1917-1972) & Roger Skeet Sr., Navajo (1900-1959)
Dimensions: 8”L x 5 3/4”W x 3 1/2”H
Tribe: Zuni/ Navajo
Stone: Multi-stone
Material: Silver
Additional Info: Part of the Druckman Collection/ Won a ribbon at the 1954 Gallup ceremonial

As seen in Elegant Vessels: A century of southwest silver boxes (Page 100 & 101)

Elegant Vessels Book

Traders would often compete with each other, encouraging Native artisans to create masterworks that could be judged at the yearly Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. At the 1954 Ceremonial, 105 artists working with C. G. Wallace were awarded ribbons for their work in various categories. To show his appreciation, Wallace hosted a congratulatory dinner for the artists at the Kiva Café in Albuquerque. The oldest in attendance was centenarian Zuni potter Siutsa (Tsayutitsa), and the youngest was the fifteen-year-old Lambert Homer Jr., a Zuni artist who created the plaque depicting a Rainbow Man inlaid into a black-jet background set into the top of the uppermost box. The silverware on this box has been attributed to Navajo smith Roger Skeet Sr.

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