2022-13 Modern Sikyatki eagle tail jar

2022-13 Modern Sikyatki eagle tail jar

This large seedpot is both art and experiment.  Its design is a particularly elaborate rendition of an ancient design revitalized by Nampeyo in the late 19th century, inherited by generations of her family, and adopted by other potters at Hopi.  The pot was fired...
2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

  This one pot had two makers, two lives, several owners, and is an example of persistent beauty, a modern rendition of  Nampeyo’s more casual eagle-tail jar 2005-16. As on Nampeyo’s jar, the design on 2017-09 is enlivened by 1) the contrast between...
2011-11 Large Eagle-Tail Jar, Old Oraibi

2011-11 Large Eagle-Tail Jar, Old Oraibi

Vase 2011-11 is kiln-fired and thus the undecorated, unpainted areas have a pale, blank look. The four linear sections of the design above four “tails” are busy, visually crowded and somewhat static. In contrast, the four sets of curvilinear “wings” are light and...