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 years before Columbus “discovered” the Americas. As nomadic people, they did not have a pottery-making tradition. About 1700 CE a...
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” in Category Listing). The elements of design in these renditions are strikingly consistent across time, varying only by...
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 have been vertically polished with a smooth stone. This is more difficult than the usual random stone polishing, but gives the finished pot a subtle,...
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 0.875″ at the tabula. Nampeyo made figurative jars (2007-16 and 2013-14). Nathan Begaye modeled an extraordinary maiden figure (2019-20),...
