2017-06 Canteen with winter moon face

2017-06 Canteen with winter moon face

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

2017-05 Three-lug redware canteen

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...
2013-09 Small Incised Canteen

2013-09 Small Incised Canteen

This small canteen is Nathan Begaye sui generis, being his unique self. I am not aware of any other Pueblo ceramicist who uses decorating techniques even remotely similar to those used here, though Ed Wade links Begaye’s incising to prehistoric pottery of the eastern...