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  • About the Collection
    • Dedication
    • Some Uses of the Collection & Website
  • Appendices
    • 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
  • Works Cited
  • Press
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2008-03 Jar with Polychromatic Designs and Butterflies

2008-03 Jar with Polychromatic Designs and Butterflies

Folk Art Butterfly Design

The design on this polychromatic jar has traditional Hopi designs interspersed with four butterfly images. It is signed with the identification mark used by Hattie Carl. According to Stanislawski (1976), “The motivation to mark pottery with a symbol or signature seems...

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