2003-09 Small Plainware Utility Canteen #2
This unpainted utility ware Hopi canteen is slightly larger than, but identical in form to, 1995-02. The canteen was probably made between the turn of the century and 1930, although this is just a guess. One handle is slightly cracked. For other canteens in the...
2000-07 Canteen with Four-Mountain and Abstract Design
Hopi-Tewa Canteen, polychromatic paint, with complex loosely jointed abstract feather design centered around a “four-mountain direction” element. The design has two framing lines with break lines; unsigned. Although it is impossible to know who made this canteen, the...
1999-03 Small Canteen with “Clown Face” and Feather Design
I purchased this piece because I was attracted to its design. The care and flair of the painting and the inclusion of a “clown face” in the design seemed like the touch of the “Old Lady” to me, though no such claim was made by the seller, Rob Coultis of Overland Park,...
1998-01 Large Water Hauling Canteen – Brownware
Utility canteen (late 19th century?) These sorts of canteens, a posole cooking pot (1998-05) and a piki bowl (2010-17 and 1993-05) were the basic cookware in a Hopi kitchen. As is often the case with a wide flat surface, the flat side of this canteen cracked on firing...
