Folk Art Other Animal Design
Beautifully formed seed jar with an oval opening and two bands of design elements, each arching over a mouse-like creature, one with a head crest, one without. The animal depicted is similar to the creatures depicted on bowl 2010-20 by Nellie Nampeyo (or perhaps her...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
If pot 2010-10 is a Zuni pot that looks Hopi, this bowl by Maya David is the reverse: a Hopi pot that looks Zuni. Stepped edge bowls are known at Hopi, but they are unusual. (See 2000-01, 2005-17 and 2005-18.) Such bowls are frequently made at Zuni. Frogs are a common...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
“This beautiful bowl was potted by Daisy and painted by her daughter Shirley Benn. The outside is painted with traditional Nampeyo family designs, but the inside of the bowl features a frog surrounded by tadpoles, one of which is well on his way to becoming a frog. It...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
“This beautiful pot by Dextra is decorated in four quadrants with mythic bird symbols and has a lovely rich blush creating warm hues of color.” –description by Rutt Bridges, original owner. Subsequent investigation indicates that the flying beings on this jar...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
This bowl began as an enigma clearly proclaiming a false origin, its maker uncertain. Ten years after I purchased this pot, I purchased another. The more recent purchase clarified the origin of pot 2010-20. It’s been a fun journey of discovery. The bowl is...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
The potter’s name and corn symbol are scratch-signed on the back of the handle. The ladle is beautifully formed, holds in the hands nicely, and is somewhat heavy for its size. The design well fits the shape of the ladle; the Avanyu serpent and tadpoles are both water...
