2021-13 Richly colored upright canteen with Polik’Mana images
The Polik’Mana imagery on this canteen has been popular with collectors for about 150 years and is still seen on pottery made at Hopi. Indeed, before I bought this canteen, the collection already had over a dozen representations of this Corn Grinding...
2020-18 Abstract katsina-face jar
This design is part of the standard repertoire of Fannie Nampeyo and was also frequently used by her daughters on their pottery. Pot 2020-18 is well-formed and painted. What is unusual is that it is signed with the name of Fannie’s son, Harold (Polacca)...
2020-07 Vase with kiva mural images, Zuni clay
Photographs: Kin g Galleries The images on this vase are a prayer for blessing, not mere decoration. Yet it was made to be sold, so it is also marked by commercial decisions. Both its iconography and dual pueblos of origin are complicated. Form: The vessel...
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 central rituals of Hopi religious life are depicted: On the flank of the jar dancers celebrate the bi-annual Snake Dance, On the upper surface of the jar the water...
