Photographs courtesy of King Galleries. Click on image to expand. If big-horned sheep go to heaven, this is what […]
Folk Art Other Animal Design
2019-19 Talavera vase with creatures
Each handle is about 0.6875″ deep. This collection has a large number of pots by Nampeyo and these are listed […]
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 […]
2015-07 Small ant pot
Daisy seems to have invented small “ant pots” like 2015-07 and related an engaging story that made them attractive to […]
2014-11 Small ant pot
Small pots painted with ant images seem to have been the invention of Daisy Hooee Nampeyo who correctly believed that […]
2014-09 Navajo frying pan with egg and sausage
This form was outdoor fired, which left a dark residue in pathches on the surface of the skillet, a pattern […]
2014-04 Seedpot with Lizard and Horned Toad Warriors Hunting Ants
This pot is exceptionally thin-walled and therefore light, as if formed on a potter’s wheel. A slight variation in form […]
2013-26 Square, Shallow Bowl with Two Creatures
While this is an unusual shape for a Hopi pot, it is also simply formed by cutting out a flat […]
2013-20 Jar with Sea Creatures
Kai (“Keanu Zacarias”), like his sister Munsi, is seven generations removed from Nampeyo through the line of her eldest daughter […]
2013-13 Cornmeal Bowl with Mouse-Like Creature
This pot is of ordinary cornmeal bowl shape and is of a form intended to be hung in a Hopi […]