2017-13  Three kachina incised seedpot

2017-13 Three kachina incised seedpot

Hahay’iwuuti Unknown Qööqölö Around 1900 the innovation known as Sikyati Revival style Hopi pottery ended the 100+ year dominance of Hopi Polacca pottery and established a new standard for Hopi-Tewa and Tewa ceramics.  This type, associated with the name...
2017-07 “Desert Sunrise” Tawa plaque

2017-07 “Desert Sunrise” Tawa plaque

This plaque is a simplified representation of Tawa, the Hopi sun god. Compared to other Begaye pots, the design is strikingly simple, though powerfully kind. It is easy to smile in response, as when I gaze at a statue of the Buddha. More poignant are Nathan’s...
2017-03 Large Polik’Mana tile

2017-03 Large Polik’Mana tile

This tile is extraordinary by every criterion: size, shape, blushing and painting. The design is instantly recognizable as a Polik’Mana, but it is a modern interpretation of what can be a fairly static traditional design. (See other Polik’Mana renditions under...
2017-01 Vase with two Koyemsi effigy faces

2017-01 Vase with two Koyemsi effigy faces

Two applied Koyemsi heads grace this otherwise fairly ordinary Nampeyo vase. Decorating pots with raised decoration is unusual but not unknown at Hopi. The two painted designs on this vase are well below Nampeyo’s standards and create some uncertainty about the jar’s...