2013-17 Small Kaolin Bowl with Eroded Man Eagle Design
This bowl is somewhat deep, has a slight rim coil, and is kaolin slipped. I showed this bowl to Ed Wade at his home in Sedona, October 13-14, 2013. Ed’s opinion is that it is a Kaolin slip over Sikyatki clay body that also fires quite white. Given the pure white...
2011-15 Large Redware Pot With Monochromatic Two-Bird Design
Made of grey clay slipped with yellow clay (that fires red), this pot is well formed and thick-walled. The shape is a bit squat and it is surprisingly heavy for its size. The painting is monochromatic. Color contrast is provided by the tension between the red...
2010-10 Zuni/Tewa Hummingbird Pot
This pot is a design gem, one of the most elegant pots of the hundreds in the collection. But it is also a masquerade. The two “hummingbirds” are a variation of the Sikyatki “man eagle” design. (See the Category List.) The design beautifully fits the shape of the pot...
2006-01 Bowl with Rim Coil and Man-Eagle Design
This bowl has a variation of the “man eagle” (Kwatoko) design floated on the clay body, rim dots and a simple exterior design, circa 1910-1912 (?). The extra rim coil indicates that the pot was formed by Nampeyo. Design elements indicate it was probably painted by her...
