2020-08 Modern Sikyatki Macaw effigy pot, Zuni clay

2020-08 Modern Sikyatki Macaw effigy pot, Zuni clay

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...
2019-21  Runner: pueblo revolt mask

2019-21 Runner: pueblo revolt mask

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...
2019-20 Hopi maiden statue

2019-20 Hopi maiden statue

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...
2019-13  Hunky man statue

2019-13 Hunky man statue

1.3125 deep at hat; 1.5625″ deep at feet. This hunky man is a curious, delightful oddity by two friends, one the teacher of the other, Mark Tahbo and Larson Goldtooth. I do not yet know what each man contributed to the formation of the figure. Larson is the only...
2019-06  Modern Sikyatki bird effigy pot

2019-06 Modern Sikyatki bird effigy pot

The beak is 2″ long and the tail is 1.5″ long. This is a prehistoric Sikyatki polychrome effigy vessel of a macaw parrot.  Except… …Except it is was made about 30 years ago by a White man.  Other than that — its clay, form, paint,...
2017-02 Small Navajo bear

2017-02 Small Navajo bear

It seems that large bear bank 2012-15 has given birth to cub 2017-02. My pots do not usually team up together, but these two bears are even cuter together than their considerable individual appeal. While unsigned, this small bear is unmistakably also by Louise Rose...