This jar is a teaching mural of Hopi pottery making. I asked Rachael Sahmie to make an unfired pot for […]
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2014-15 Large Polik’Mana canteen, Nampeyo design
10.0625” front to back (though the “flat” back is not actually flat, so this distance varies). 12.125” from spout to […]
2010-12 Plaque with Monochromatic Jeddito Germination Creature
As noted in the discussion of 2010-09 (above), in early May 2010 Rachel and I were talking by phone and […]
2010-09 Bowl with Incurved Rim – Monochromatic Winged Creature Design and Lug
“This is a powerful, wise being” Rachel told me when speaking of this bowl. The design was modeled after an […]
2009-06 Bowl with Sikyatki Hand and Exterior Glyphs
Fewkes (1973:44, 54 facing page) excavated a number of bowls at Sikyatki that depict the human hand; this image might […]
2008-17 Seedpot with “Four Squares” Design
This seedpot has four square red designs set at an angle so that one point the square is cut off […]
2008-16 Redware Plate with Projection of Polacca Pot
The design is a reproduction of the cover image of the catalog Historic Hopi Ceramics: The Thomas Keam Collection, by […]
2007-17 Huge Olla with Eagle Tail Design and Swags
This huge Hopi-Tewa polychrome jar has a decorated rim and an eagle-tail design modified by the addition of elegant red […]
2007-15 Low Bowl with Abstract Hopi Peacocks
The bowl, which features two bird designs separated by panels of abstract decoration, is perfectly shaped and unusually low. As […]
2007-09 Elegant Redware Jar with Eagle-Tail Design
The clay body is made of a hard-to-work yellow clay called sikyatska, which, when fired, gives the pot an unusual […]