Canteens, Effigy
The round body is 5.3125” wide. From bellybutton to back is 3.25”. Figural jars from Hopi are rare, but this collection contains two by Nampeyo (2007-16 and 2013-14). Hopi figural canteens depicting humans are even rarer; I have only seen one other example, also by...
Effigy
Sculpted village scenes on pottery from Hopi are known, but rare. Jar 2025-09, discussed here, is the only example in this collection where the village scene is the central image. The only other pot in the collection with a carved village scene is jar 2024-01 by...
Effigy
The painted head is 1.625” long. Each wing is 1.25” wide. The tail is approximately 2.00” long. This large effigy is more pot than bird, perhaps the image of a flightless Hopi penguin. It joins three other avian effigies in this collection: 1) 2019-06 by Michael...
Effigy
The body of the dancer is 1.625″ deep. The base of the figure is roughly 2-inches square. While the first two items by Darlene that entered this collection are jars (1988-02 and 1989-02), she has become better known for her tiles (2016-04, 2021-14) and...
Canteens, Effigy, Kitsch
This collection contains 6 other pots by Nellie, who has a reputation of being an indifferent potter and painter. Occasionally one finds a superior example of her work (cf 2010-04) and pot 2024-05, described here, is one of these well-formed and painted examples....
Effigy
The shards are 0.3125” thick. This pot consists of two shards displaying the results of shapeshifting between a lizard and a man. There is something both unsettling and alluring about bodily transformations between humans and animals, Such metamorphosis occurs in the...
