Della Casa Appa

{{Short description|The first significant Zuni women jewelers (1889-1963)}}

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Della Casa Appa (1889–1963) was one of the first significant Zuni women jewelers. The Zuni are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. Della Casa Appa began making jewelry as her husband's assistant and then sold her work at the trading post of Charles Garrett Wallace. The Zuni community eventually recognized Casa Appa's talents and she held the ceremonial affiliation with the Ant fraternity, a rare honor for silversmiths or women at the time.{{cite book|last1=Greenbaum|first1=Toni|title=Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference|last2=Kirkham|first2=Pat|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2000|isbn=0300087349|editor-last=Kirkham|editor-first=Pat|location=New Haven, CT|pages=202–203|chapter=Women Jewelry Designers}} Casa Appa became part of a group of artists who helped set the standard for Native American jewelry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sedonaindianjewelry.com/156-della-casa-casi-appa-zuni-silversmith|title=Della Casa (Casi) Appa Zuni Silversmith|last=|first=|date=|website=Sedona Indian Jewelry|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-10-06}}{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola|author2=Carol Sarath|author3=Bob Rosebrough|title=Legendary Locals of Gallup|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3AuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|date=31 July 2017|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-4396-6344-8|pages=45}}[http://turquoise.indianartsandculture.org/southwest-traditions/southwest-traditions-zuni-cluster-and-inlay-designs.html The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture related site]