2017-02 Small Navajo bear

2017-02 Small Navajo bear

Effigy, Folk Art Other Animal Design

It seems that large bear bank 2012-15 has given birth to cub 2017-02. My pots do not usually team up together, but these two bears are even cuter together than their considerable individual appeal. While unsigned, this small bear is unmistakably also by Louise Rose...
2017-01 Vase with two Koyemsi effigy faces

2017-01 Vase with two Koyemsi effigy faces

Effigy, Kachina Design

Two applied Koyemsi heads grace this otherwise fairly ordinary Nampeyo vase. Decorating pots with raised decoration is unusual but not unknown at Hopi. The two painted designs on this vase are well below Nampeyo’s standards and create some uncertainty about the jar’s...
2016-09 Effigy vessel of scarlet macaw

2016-09 Effigy vessel of scarlet macaw

Effigy, Folk Art Bird Design

This is a parrot with a pedigree. Hopi women produced very similar effigies more than 600 years ago. Judging from the size/weight of the effigy, the walls of this vessel are substantial but not thick, although the head may be solid. The blushing is of uniform color...