Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This is one of the more carefully painted and graceful designs that I have seen by Laura Tomosie. Joy Sandino (now Sandino-Bohlmann) was a student at the University of Northern Arizona in 1964 and purchased several pots by Laura Tomosie at a Native American festival...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
“Old Lady” Nampeyo’s pot (1993-04) provided the model for 2005-03. In March 2003, Holly Chervnsik visited Hopi to gather information for her master’s thesis. She carried with her an incomplete, black and white photocopied version of the website of this collection....
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Small shallow bowl with an interior design of an abstract bird, two framing lines, unsigned. (ca 1940s or 1950s ?). This is a suburb, elegant bowl; the design fits the interior space beautifully with both motion and...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design, Polacca Ware
Polacca ware style D (?) bowl with “Bird Hanging from Sky Band” design and Keresan design elements in the band. Faded red “half moon” element, framing lines with a break line, and a red rim, ca. 1890. This is an important pot in the collection since 1) it...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Like pots by her sister Rachel, this elegant small disk is a variation of the ancient Sikyatki design adopted by Nampeyo (1993-04) and earlier makers of Polacca ware (1999-08). This powerful design is less-frequently used today. See “Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design”...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Shallow Sikyatki revival bowl with corrugated exterior and a version of the “Bird Hanging from Sky Band” design on the interior. The bowl was previously in the collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada. The museum deacquisitioned part of its collection, much...
