Canteens, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana
The Polik’Mana imagery on this canteen has been popular with collectors for about 150 years and is still seen on pottery made at Hopi. Indeed, before I bought this canteen, the collection already had over a dozen representations of this Corn Grinding...
Canteens, Folk Art Other Animal Design
Height includes the 0.8125-inch neck. Width includes the two handles with a combined width of 1.1875-inches or about 0.594-inch for each handle. This canteen is small enough to fit into the palm of your hand. The circular feather swirl is elegant; the...
Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design
10.25″ wide; 6.5″ deep. This is a magnificent, perhaps flawed, masterpiece. Carefully constructed and painted, the elements of design are classic Nampeyo. Her red paint fired blotchy and off-color and this interrupts the serenity of design. Anglo...
Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design
Height includes spout; width includes handles. This is a gem of a canteen with an elegant and energized avian design. Whether it is by Nampeyo will require analysis, judgement and some uncertainty of conclusion. The canteen has substantially thick walls and thus is...
Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design
Width includes two 2″ handles. Height includes the 1.5″ sloped spout. Although this canteen has only one painted surface, the image is three-dimensional, only the second Hopi pot I know of with such a visual construction. The other pot (2020-09) by...