Folk Art Butterfly Design
Tewa-Hopi yellow-ware vase, butterfly design, 1940 (?), by Grace Chapella (unsigned). According to Dawny Cromwell, Public Education Director of the museum shop, Rex Bollin (who was selling several Hopi pots at the Museum on consignment) said this pot (and the four...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
Hopi pot, butterfly/feather design, Alma Chapella Tahbo. Design element has two butterflies and two groups of feathers/geometric designs. Fired May 12, 1981. Alma (born 1915; died 1993) is the daughter of noted Hopi/Tewa potter Grace Chapella (1991-10). Alma’s Father...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
Hopi Sikyatki low-shouldered vase with butterfly design, mutton-fat polish, Marcella Kahe, Schomovi, First Mesa. Ms. Kahe is a neighbor of Rosetta Huma (1983-04), mother of Karen Charlie (1995-06), and the mother-in-law and teacher of Gloria Kahe (1991-01 and...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
There are quite a number of pots with butterfly designs in this collection. (See “Category” listing.) This was purchased first. For a gentle discussion of the meaning of butterflies and flowers in Hopi culture, see Hays-Gilpin (2006:12-25). A niece of Grace Chapella...
