2019-09 Small red clay canteen with complex bird image

Canteens

Height and width include spout and handles. The artist drew a circle, then filled it with a monochromatic bird.  The design incorporates contrary circular motifs, which enlivens what would otherwise be a rather staid image. Like the other pot in this collection by...

2018-13 Small canteen with elegant Sikyatki bird

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...

2018-01 Canteen with roadrunner moving from one world to the next

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...

2017-10 Small canteen with fine-line migration design

Canteens, Fine-Line Migration Design

The width includes two 0.75″ handles. The canteen is 3.4375 ” deep (front to back). The form of this canteen is flat-bottomed, thick-walled and ordinary. A thick black line encircles the spout, flanked by two thin lines: simplicity. The two red elements...

2017-06 Canteen with winter moon face

Canteens

This canteen carries a magnificent, detailed and unsettling image with a blessing message. While this pot has the bulbous shape of a typical Hopi canteen, Nathan made the bottom flat for ease of display. Judging from the interior of the spout, the raw clay fired a...

2017-05 Three-lug redware canteen

Canteens

Nampeyo frequently formed canteens, but the flat shape, red slip and three-lug configuration of canteen 2017-05 make this an unusual vessel. This form is not a Native shape and is testimony to Nampeyo’s powers of observation and willingness to innovate. The unusual...