Nathan Begaye’s earliest work as a teenager is strikingly well-painted using a variation of an ancient Sikyatki design (2013-01). […]
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2019-20 Hopi maiden statue
The statue is 7.125″ deep (front to back) at the base; 6.125″ deep, chest to the lip of the spout. […]
2018-10 Intricate star jar
Nathan Begaye was a brilliant, iconoclastic potter and this pot is representative of his best work. Thirty years after I […]
2017-07 “Desert Sunrise” Tawa plaque
This plaque is a simplified representation of Tawa, the Hopi sun god. Compared to other Begaye pots, the design is […]
2017-06 Canteen with winter moon face
This canteen carries a magnificent, detailed and unsettling image with a blessing message. While this pot has the bulbous shape […]
2015-02 Nude male bowl
This is an iconoclastic and disturbing pot; the most visceral in the collection. The clay used for bowl 2015-02 is […]
2014-04 Seedpot with Lizard and Horned Toad Warriors Hunting Ants
This pot is exceptionally thin-walled and therefore light, as if formed on a potter’s wheel. A slight variation in form […]
2013-10 Polychrome Five-Shard “Pot”
Although “shard-pot” is probably the best way to describe 2013-10, the entire item as conceived by Nathan is here. This […]
2013-09 Small Incised Canteen
This small canteen is Nathan Begaye sui generis, being his unique self. I am not aware of any other Pueblo […]
2013-01 Red Slip Pot with Sikyatki Design
Even in a pottery collection this large, this is an extraordinary pot, which, to an unusual degree, reflects the unique […]