Folk Art Other Animal Design
Both humorous and frightening, the creatures on this pot create an enormously engaging tableau. Quadrupeds are infrequently depicted on pottery from Hopi, though ironically within the last month I added such a plate to this collection (2025-10). The other two...
Kachina Design, Utility Pots
Ladle 2025-01 The handle is 2.125” wide at its widest. The handle is 0.6875” thick. The bowl is 0.25” thick. The bowl is 1.875” deep. Small and worn, this ladle displays an image of the Creator Tawa. This image has a history, both at Hopi and in this collection: In...
Folk Art Butterfly Design, Kachina Design
The mouth is 9.0-inches wide; the incurved rim is about 0.75-inches wide. This bowl is particularly large, a kachina butterfly dancer with a serious mien is its only interior decoration. The image is striking, giving the pot an impressive visual presence. The bowl...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
A reader who is familiar with this catalog and has developed some confidence in my analysis of Hopi pottery should pause and reconsider. My first catalog entry for this pot labeled it a “Bowl with art-deco interpretation of bird hanging from sky band motif.” Then I...
