Maktima, Duane

A master Jeweler-Designer-Craftsman, Duane Maktima's mission has been to sustain integrity as a master craftsman and designer, striving only for the best. Duane is also deeply rooted as an advocate for the continuation and survival of the cultural arts within his native heritage of the southwestern pueblo people.

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Hopi/Laguna Jeweler Duane Maktima Epi 27 interview with Dr. Mark Sublette

Hopi/Laguna Jeweler Duane Maktima Epi 27 interview with Dr. Mark Sublette

Duane Maktima shares his stories of growing up in two worlds one of the Hopi and the other at Laguna Pueblo and the difficulties of trying to fit into separate cultures. Maktima long journey from Hopi kachina carver to painter to a world-class silversmith and the issues he encounters along the way.