Man Eagle Design
Hopi cylinder with two variations of the Kwataka man-eagle design, 1920s or 1930s. In contrast to the perfect rendition of this design by Gloria Kahe (1991-01) or the simplification of the design to just to birds by Nampeyo (1988-01), the two renditions of the...
Man Eagle Design
Low bowl with a version of the Sikyatki “man-eagle” design, blue corn identification mark on the bottom (Lena Charlie). The design is a version of Kwataka, the man-eagle, an ancient Sityatki design published by Fewkes(1973:59). According to Barbara Kramer (1996:139,...
Man Eagle Design
Design is a very fine-line reproduction of the Sikyatki “Man-eagle/Thunderbird” figure design. See Fewkes (1973: 59 and 129) for a discussion of this design. Like the original Sikyatki design, the two depictions on this jar by Gloria Kahe shows an abstract bird with a...
Man Eagle Design
Hopi redware bowl, Nampeyo, circa 1915. This is the first Nampeyo bowl in this collection. The body of this pot is made from yellow “sikyatska” clay that fires red; it is not just sikyatska slipped. Since the yellow clay is difficult to work, this is unusual. The...
