First People Pots
  • About the Collection
    • Dedication
    • Some Uses of the Collection & Website
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Hopi Social History and the Transition from Polacca to Sikyatki Revival Style Pottery
    • Appendix B: A Tale of Two Pots: Ancient Sikyatki and bowl 1993-04: The Development of Nampeyo’s Style
    • Appendix C: Appreciations of Nampeyo
    • Appendix D: Ranking “Nampeyo” Pots
    • Appendix E: Nampeyo’s signed pottery, a history & theory
    • Appendix F: Nampeyo’s Design Elements
  • Works Cited
  • Press
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2021-21 Bowl with monster and reproductive serpents

2021-21 Bowl with monster and reproductive serpents

Folk Art Other Animal Design

This bowl began as an attempt to depict clearly the design on a faded Nampeyo bowl, then a second design from an ancient Sikyatki bowl was added, and thus the bowl displays designs on both the interior and the exterior. Rachael Sahmie made the bowl at my request, and...
2021-20  Early career four bear pot by Steve Lucas

2021-20 Early career four bear pot by Steve Lucas

Folk Art Other Animal Design

  This is an unusually thick bowl decorated with four bears, fairly crudely drawn, and a series of detailed pyramids.  It is dated (19)76.  Its creator, Steve Lucas, is known for his innovation and the extraordinary precision of his painting (cf 2021-18).  Born...
2021-12  Jar with raised relief butterflies and award ribbon

2021-12 Jar with raised relief butterflies and award ribbon

Folk Art Other Animal Design

Some pots in this collection have designs that are difficult to interpret (2013-16, 2018-01) or remain enigmatic (2001-04), but the design on jar 2021-12 speaks clearly to the eye.  Its beauty and grace are immediately accessible.  Six different butterflies with...
2021-06  Small dish with interior creature design, exterior painted

2021-06 Small dish with interior creature design, exterior painted

Folk Art Other Animal Design

I am greatly enamoured of pottery by Rachael Sahmie and this have more pots by her than by any other potter, with the exception of Nampeyo.  Seven generations of Nampeyo family pottery are included in the collection and I am always on the lookout for pottery by...
2020-17  Diminutive canteen with feather swirl and folk creature

2020-17 Diminutive canteen with feather swirl and folk creature

Canteens, Folk Art Other Animal Design

  Height includes the 0.8125-inch neck. Width includes the two handles with a combined width of 1.1875-inches or about  0.594-inch for each handle. This canteen is small enough to fit into the palm of your hand.  The circular feather swirl is elegant; the...
2020-01  Big-horned sheep wedding vase

2020-01 Big-horned sheep wedding vase

Folk Art Other Animal Design, Wedding Vase

Photographs courtesy of King Galleries.  Click on image to expand.   Base is 5.0 ” wide. If big-horned sheep go to heaven, this is what their afterlife must look like.  Mountain ranges float by like clouds; slightly-purple sheep graze nearby.  You...
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  • 2022-04 Tile with maiden balancing a pot on her head
  • 2022-03 Double-lobed container with maidens and corn iconography
  • 2022-02 Plainware wide-shouldered seedpot
  • 2022-01 Duck whistle
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