2024-11: Large canteen with complex swirling birds

2024-11: Large canteen with complex swirling birds

  The spout is 1.5″ long. Each handle extends 1.25″ from the body and is 3.1875″ high. Karen Charlie is a fine potter and this large canteen is the form, size and design for which she is best known. The size of the vessel impresses.  The...
1995-06 Qoqolo Kachina Canteen

1995-06 Qoqolo Kachina Canteen

Canteen with QoQolo Katsina face by Karen Charlie. Karen is the daughter of Marcella Kahe (see 1989-01 and 1992-07). The curved markings on the face are thought to represent highly stylized corn stalks with bird tracks on the face. The canteen won first place in the...