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...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Shallow disk with “Bird Hanging from Sky Band” design, by Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo. This is a recent version of the Old Sikyatki design used by the “Old Lady” on her bowl, 1993-04. Using 1993-04 as a model, in 2005 Rachel produced a more elaborate version of...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Hopi white-slipped bowl with three-color polychrome Sikyatki abstract-avian image, tadpoles, and sky band by Nampeyo, ca.1895-1905 CE. The first photograph shows Rick Dillingham holding the bowl. Seen siting by itself without any historical or visual context, bowl...