2012-26 Monochromatic Redware Bowl with Birthing Image

Kachina Design

Most Hopi and Hopi-Tewa pottery is formed of clay that is grey when unfired and turns light yellow to golden on firing. The term for this material is simply coqa (clay) or masicoqa (dull, lacking color, grey clay) (Wyckoff 1985:151). Sikyatska (or sikacoqa) is a...

2012-05 Polychromatic Prayer Meal Bowl with Palhik Mana Raised Face, Crenellated Kopatsoki

Effigy, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Utility Pots

The form of this pot is unusual. The rim is carefully uneven with the rear rim rising about 0.5” above the side rims and incorporating a hole large enough to hang the pot from a nail in the wall. The crenellated front of the pot rises 2.125” above the side rims and...

2012-01 Large Double-Necked Jar with Palhik Mana

Kachina Design, Polik'Mana

(15.625″ h X 11.625” w with a 3.875” base and a 4.625” mouth) This pot is monumental, both in size and in the dramatic energy of its imagery. The unusual shape amplifies these effects. At its widest point the jar is exactly three times the width of its base. The...

2011-23 Canteen with Polik’Mana Face and Micaceous Red Slip

Canteens, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana

Beautifully formed and precisely polished and painted, this canteen is typical of the work of Loren Ami. Loren is a good representative of the creative energy unleashed at Hopi when it became acceptable for men to make pottery. The front third of the canteen is...

2011-17 Redware Jar with Monochromatic Painting, Katchina Face and Avian Design

Kachina Design

I have had a particular fondness for Stella Huma since meeting her at the 1986 Indian Market in Santa Fe and spending time with this gentle woman in her booth. If I remember correctly, she won “Best of Show” in the “Traditional Pottery” division that year. Becky and I...

2011-09 Vase with scrafito of Chakwaina Katchina

Kachina Design

The techniques used to make this vase are entirely Anglo; the spirit of the Katchina design entirely Hopi: A perfect summary of the life of Charles Loloma. Vase 2011-09 was made on a potter’s wheel using commercial clay, was kiln-fired and glazed. The exterior glaze...