Folk Art Butterfly Design
Heidi is the daughter of Vernida Polacca Nampeyo and is thus five generations younger than her great-great grand mother “Old Lady” Nampeyo. Previously, the pot was purchased on 8/18/02 at Indian Market, Santa Fe by Rutt Bridges who bought it directly from Heidi’s...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
This shallow, slightly oval, Hopi-Tewa bowl has two central slits for the attachment of a handle and a polychrome butterfly design incorporating a fine-line migration pattern. There is a slight firing crack above the butterfly head. Such bowls are attached to the belt...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
Not two months after I had written the description of 2008-06 by Nampeyo and claimed that this moth design was unique to “The Old Lady,” 2008-12 with the same design by her great-great granddaughter was listed in an eBay auction in New Zealand—of all places. The pot...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
This unsigned and casually painted pot has two different butterfly designs, crosshatching, and other standard Hopi/Hopi-Tewa design elements. This is “folk” art—not “fine” art—and it makes me smile. Probably made 1930s to 1960s, but this is just a guess. Such folk...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
The design is monochromatic, except for the inner curved area of each wing, which is dark rust red. The small opening has a small chip in the rim with a slight crack running from it. There is some wear to the design, particularly in one quadrant. I believe this design...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
The design on this polychromatic jar has traditional Hopi designs interspersed with four butterfly images. It is signed with the identification mark used by Hattie Carl. According to Stanislawski (1976), “The motivation to mark pottery with a symbol or signature seems...