Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This minature seedpot has fairly thick walls and thus substantial weight for its size. A slight blushing on one section of the bottom indicates that it was outdoor fired. 40% of the height of the jar is above its waist (the widest point); 60% below. The distance...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Some pots belong in this collection because of their spectacular form (cf. 1993-05); some are notable because of their spectacular design (cf. 2014-07). Though by Nampeyo, bowl 2015-11 is an ordinary form and carries an attractive but typical Nampeyo design....
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...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This is a simple and somewhat thick shallow bowl of undistinguished form. It is interesting in this collection because it is signed “Grace” for “Grace Chapella” and this offers the collection a rendition of the “bird hanging from sky band” design that is by a...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Of the more than five dozen Nampeyo of Hano pots in this collection, two bowls stand out as having particularly powerful designs because, without flourish, they display the essence of Nampeyo’s design greatness. Bowl 2014-07 is one of these pots and is...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This is a large jar with an unusual and spectacular shape that Rachel uses to show off a design that is both intricate and simple. The iconic Nampeyo jar is a flat-toped “flying saucer” shape seedpot, which is a very difficult form to construct since the top half is...
