Width included 0.4375″ high corn cobs. This is the quintessent pot by an iconoclastic Hopi potter. Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White) led an unusual life. Born in the conservative village of Oraibi in 1892, she left her culture to live with local...
“Polingaysi,” the Hopi word for butterfly, is etched into the smooth rim of this pot—which was a fact not noticed by the auction house that sold it. The basket into which the clay was pressed had 16 coils; the bottom few coils of clay on the outside of the pot appear...
