2024-07 A crack(ed) pot playing tricks
This jar must be carefully examined before it is understood. Obviously it was broken into two pieces and is damaged. Surprisingly the form remains elegant and the design is almost unaffected by this damage. Linear elements create patterns of...
2024-02 Bi-lobed early 20th century canteen
One lobe has a maximum diameter of 2.6875-inches. The second lobe has a maximum diameter of 3.0-inches, a third larger. There is a 0.875-inch gap between the two lobes. The bimodal shape of this canteen is unique and intriguing. However, the jar cannot stand upright...
2021-09 Bowl with spectacular but eroded designs
1)The design on this bowl is exfoliated and worn; the jar itself is cracked. 2) The design is evidence of the genius of its maker, Nampeyo of Hano. Both statements are true, but the second is far more important than the first. For a collection that is trying to...
