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    • Appendix A: Hopi Social History and the Transition from Polacca to Sikyatki Revival Style Pottery
    • Appendix B: A Tale of Two Pots: Ancient Sikyatki and bowl 1993-04: The Development of Nampeyo’s Style
    • Appendix C: Appreciations of Nampeyo
    • Appendix D: Ranking “Nampeyo” Pots
    • Appendix E: Nampeyo’s signed pottery, a history & theory
    • Appendix F: Nampeyo’s Design Elements
    • Appendix G: Stephen letter to Keam re Ayer collection
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2011-03 Miniature Siitalpuva Bowl with Butterflies, Mesas and Water

2011-03 Miniature Siitalpuva Bowl with Butterflies, Mesas and Water

Folk Art Butterfly Design

This is a gem of a miniature pot. Bulbous at the bottom, it has a narrow waste that flares out to a trumpet-shaped mouth. The inside is slipped with yellow clay (that turns red when fired) and the interior has been stone-polished almost to the bottom. The shape and...

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