o This is the first of three catalog entries about this group of pottery. Each begins with the same introduction. Carrying almost no design, with only subtle suggestions of form, this small grouping of effigies stands in stark contrast to the 11 other beautifully...
This is a small Hopi/Tewa clay effigy, a form not often seen at First Mesa. Its size, shape and subject are more often seen as carved stone fetishs from Zuni. It is included in this collection because its maker, Kenneth Lynch, is the son of Nyla Sahmie. A 1983...
This sandal is pure kitsch, and like all great kitsch it makes me smile: especially those little toe prints. Obviously it is tourist art and I don’t know if it was peddled with a purpose. I think of it as a napkin ring. Well-formed and carefully painted, it...
Photographs: King Galleries This effigy of a Macaw parrot has historical roots that bridge two pueblos: Hopi and Zuni. On the one hand it was formed by a Hopi man and is closely modeled after examples from the ancient Hopi village of Sikyatki, like the one included...
The head is 3.06″ wide (ear-to-ear) and 2.375″ deep (nose to back). The walls are about 0.5″ thick. The rawhide is about 4.75″ long. The clay used for the mask fired a light brick red. The glaze appears to be commercial and fired at a high...
The statue is 7.125″ deep (front to back) at the base; 6.125″ deep, chest to the lip of the spout. This collection contains a number of Hopi effigy pots (see category listing), but nothing that approaches the form, detail or expressiveness of this work by...
