1999-06 Small Butterfly Pot

1999-06 Small Butterfly Pot

Folk Art Butterfly Design

Small pot with a design of two butterflies and two flowers, Alma Tahbo. Incompletely marked Alma Tahbo after firing using a green pen. These are folksy, spontaneous butterflies, in contrast to the elegant, controlled figures on the Hisi pot (1999-05). For another pot...
1993-01 Small Dish with Two-Head Turkey Design

1993-01 Small Dish with Two-Head Turkey Design

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Hopi dish with double bird design, signed by Grace Chapella. According to Rick Dillingham, the dish was made about 1975 and was painted by Grace’s daughter Alma (see 1989-07). Grace had a stroke in 1974 and her eyesight had dimmed by 1975. Although she was still...
1989-07 Sikyatki Design Butterfly Jar

1989-07 Sikyatki Design Butterfly Jar

Folk Art Butterfly Design

Hopi pot, butterfly/feather design, Alma Chapella Tahbo. Design element has two butterflies and two groups of feathers/geometric designs. Fired May 12, 1981. Alma (born 1915; died 1993) is the daughter of noted Hopi/Tewa potter Grace Chapella (1991-10). Alma’s Father...