2016-06 Polychrome jar with monochromatic birds
Understanding how this enchanting jar attracts the viewer’s eye gives considerable insight into the talent of its maker and reinforces the loss I feel at his stupid death at age 41. On this small vessel, Jake has organized themes of chaos, elegance and serenity. The...
2015-03 Polacca wide-shouldered jar with Acoma–style birds
Pot 2015-05, ca late 1880’s This is an engaging, beautiful jar. For all its beauty, it is also a jar of contradictions; from their interaction would come a renaissance of Hopi pottery. Jar 2015-03 allows us a glimpse into the creative mind of the young Nampeyo....
2015-01 Corn birds dancing jar
Corn, of course, is integral to Hopi life. Prayers and dance are offered to the gods so that they will allow rain and the corn will grow. These prayers often are conveyed to the gods by birds and their feathers. Here Mark Tahbo has developed an image that expresses...
2014-12 Canteen in the form of the face of a Hummingbird Katchina
The height includes 0.75” height of the stopper in the canteen. The width includes two 1.25” handles, The depth (front to back) measurement includes the 1” nose. Both prehistoric and historic canteens with hooked noses are known. See the cover of Dittert and Plog...
