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First People Potsan online catalog of 600+ pieces of Native American artwork owned by a private collector, described by Cowboys & Indians Magazine as “a valuable resource for collectors, galleries, and scholars.”
2025-15 Narrow-necked spirit-being jar
The neck is 1.125-inches high. This is a graceful but clunky jar with an inventive, engaging design. Its maker was a brilliant, iconoclastic artist adept in many mediums. Randall Sahmie (1950--2008) was the fourth of...
2025-14: Figural canteen
The round body is 5.3125” wide. From bellybutton to back is 3.25”. Figural jars from Hopi are rare, but this collection contains two by Nampeyo (2007-16 and 2013-14). Figural canteens depicting...
2025-13 Nampeyo playing with a Polacca pot
The neck is about 1.0-inch high. This rather worn and crudely-painted pot turns out to be a gold mine of information, but learning its story requires an extended investigation and...
2025-12 Low-profile seedjar
This jar is a masterwork of form, its width 2.962 times greater than its height. Creating such a broad expanse of wet clay over a shallow bowl is extraordinary. Of the 600+ jars in this collection,...
2025-11 Fierce creatures bowl
Both humorous and frightening, the creatures on this pot create an enormously engaging tableau. Quadrupeds are infrequently depicted on pottery from Hopi, though ironically within the last...
2025-10 Mountain lion plate
Black-on-red monochromatic pottery from Hopi is unusual, but not rare. Quadrupeds depicted on pottery are more unusual. The framing of this creature by almost 2 dozen variegated surfaces effectively highlights the folky...
