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This seedjar has very even walls and is made with grey clay (fires beige) to which Lowell has added micaceous material. Thus the inside of the seedjar and the unpainted surface of the top glitters. This appears to be the same clay Lowell used to form pot 2011-24. The...
Bat Wing Design
This is an extraordinary seedpot painted with a fairly common design. (See “bat wing design” in the Index of Categories for other examples in this collection.) It’s not the design but the quality that startles. The form of 2011-24 is perfectly shaped and thin. Lowell...
Effigy
Though unsigned, this figure is apparently by Lowell Cheresposy, Hisi’s son and grandson of Dextra: an impressive lineage. The figure is carved from a solid chunk of clay. The only painting is the black hair. Only the corn stalk on the left side of the figure is...