[Double click photos to enlarge.] The Polik’Mana imagery on this canteen has been popular with collectors for about […]
Kachina Design
2020-18 Abstract katsina-face jar
[Double click to enlarge photographs.] This design is part of the standard repertoire of Fannie Nampeyo and was also […]
2020-07 Vase with kiva mural images, Zuni clay
[Click and double click on photos to enlarge.] The images on this vase are a prayer for blessing, not […]
2020-04 Snake dance mural jar
This is a painted pot, but it is more accurately described as a complex mural painted on a pot. Two […]
2019-22 Mini monochromatic flute player bowl
Pot 2019-22 is significant because it helps define the limits of Nampeyo’s legacy. This is the smallest pot in the collection by […]
2019-15 Navajo tile of four sacred plants and frogs
Women from other tribes marrying Hopi men and living at Hopi are often taught pottery-making by their mother-in-laws. This was […]
2019-07 Navajo Yei Vase
Some history: The Navajo migrated to what is now the southwestern USA from northwestern Canada and eastern Alaska about 100 […]
2019-03 Plate with Polik’Mana, butterflies and bird
This collection has 19th, 20th and 21st century examples of the Polik’Mana image displayed on this plate (see “Kachina Design” […]
2018-11 Mother Earth and Father Sky jar
This is a well-formed vase with unusually thick walls and is thus unexpectedly heavy for its size. It seems to […]
2018-09 Spirit being statue
The depth (front to back) varies from 2.875″ at base to 1.875′ at the necklace to 1.5625′ at the chin and […]
