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...
2011-20 Jar with Crude Rendition of Eagle Tail Design
Attribution of Dalee as the maker of this pot is based on comparison to a similar pot in the Rick Dillingham collection (Dillingham 1994:9). There are some differences between pot 2011-20 and the Dillingham pot, but the similarities are much greater than the...
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...
2010-15 Modern Eagle-Tail Seedpot
This pot is made with an unusual clay that fires red-tan. The color is neither as light as the grey clay that fires light tan nor as dark as the yellow clay that fires red. The pot is outdoor-fired but is not blushed. Neither is it slipped. The interior is polished...
