This plaque is a simplified representation of Tawa, the Hopi sun god. Compared to other Begaye pots, the design is […]
Kachina Design
2017-04 Tray with Polacca-style Polik’Mana interior, Sikyatki Revival exterior
This “tray” is really a painted tile surrounded by a 1.6-inch high wall. If it were only a tile, it […]
2017-03 Large Polik’Mana tile
This tile is extraordinary by every criterion: size, shape, blushing and painting. The design is instantly recognizable as a Polik’Mana, […]
2017-01 Vase with two Koyemsi effigy faces
Two applied Koyemsi heads grace this otherwise fairly ordinary Nampeyo vase. Decorating pots with raised decoration is unusual but not […]
2016-04 Shard-shaped tile with Saiastasana kachina
This 5-sided, irregular-shaped tile depicts Saiastasana, The Zuni Rain Priest of the North, Colton kachina #154. Saiastasana appears in the […]
2016-02 Polik’Mana on cloth, clay tile mounted
The techniques and materials used to produce this item are innovative, not traditional. The iconography is both innovative and thoroughly […]
2015-08 Kiva jar with wooden katchina and ladder
This is a unique pairing of clay jar and wooden carving. Their combination is a demonstration of the creative talent […]
2015-06 Wedding vase with Pottery Mound Spirit Beings
Although this collection contains hundreds of Hopi pots, only two others are in the form of a “wedding vase” (1998-03 […]
2015-05 Carved Katchina ceremony bowl
I am not particularly attracted to Hopi pottery that is carved, a type apparently originating in the 1970s with the […]
2014-19 Interlocking tiles with katchnas, feathers and inscription
The tile with the bottom slot is somewhat curved. Since the publication of the Messier book on Hopi and Pueblo […]