2016-03 Slipped ladle with polychrome design

2016-03 Slipped ladle with polychrome design

Although this ladle was made for the tourist market, its shape is the same as those traditionally made for home use (2008-15a). The bowl and handle are evenly-formed but thick, giving the ladle substantial heft. The shape is graceful and when held in the hands with...
2001-01 White-Slipped Vase

2001-01 White-Slipped Vase

White-Slipped Hopi-Tewa pot with abstract exterior design signed “Buffalo Maiden (Mary Ami).” This is not an exceptional pot, but Mary Ami does not seem to have been a prolific potter and her pots rarely come on the market. Mary was born in 1919; her mother (“Dalee”)...