Jeddito Ware | First People Pots

2012-22 Matsaki Polychrome Bowl with Avian Motif

Between about 1475 CE and 1680 CE the Zuni people produced “Matsaki” pottery, including this bowl. This pottery type was roughly contemporaneous with monochromatic Hopi Jeddito ware (see 1994-15 and 1997-05 in this collection) and is generally categorized as derived...

2007-03 Modern Sikyatki Bowl – Avian Interior with Glyphs – “Chakoptewa.”

Jeddito Ware

This pot was made (probably in the 1990s) by Anglo artist Michael Hawley, who signs his pottery “Chakoptewa,” Like ancient Sikyatki pottery, this bowl has an even color and a high-pitched ring when struck because it was fired with coal. (For a discussion of...

1997-05 Jeddito Bowl with Germination Creature

Folk Art Other Animal Design, Jeddito Ware

Jeddito Pot with a flying germination creature framed by a break line, unpainted exterior. Jeddito was the most common ceramic style in the northeastern Arizona area from A.D 1325 to A.D. 1600. The image on 1997-05 is similar to a bowl excavated in 1896 by J. Walter...

1994-15 Jeddito Bowl with Avian Design Interior and “Set 60” Glyphs

Jeddito Ware

Jeddito “brown on buff” bowl with interior spiral and sash designs and three repetitions of an S-stepped glyph on the exterior, circa 1450-1550 AD. (While the colors of this particular bowl are “brown on buff,” this pot is technically an example of Jeddito...

2012-22 Matsaki Polychrome Bowl with Avian Motif

2007-03 Modern Sikyatki Bowl – Avian Interior with Glyphs – “Chakoptewa.”

1997-05 Jeddito Bowl with Germination Creature

1994-15 Jeddito Bowl with Avian Design Interior and “Set 60” Glyphs

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