Rain Bird Design
Poolie was one of the “fine potters” mentioned by Katharine Bartlett, 1936:96 in an article about Hopi pottery. Poolie’s pottery was also used by Harold Colton to survey firing temperatures (1951:75). The design of 2009-11 is quite similar to 1997-07 and reflects a...
Rain Bird Design
Hopi pot with elements including the Zuni-inspired “rainbird” design, by Verla Dewalkuku. This is the most modern rendition in the collection of the rainbird image that figured so prominently in the Polacca ware style that predates the Sikyatki revival. After the...
Rain Bird Design
Shallow bowl with light slip (?), red rim and a “whirlwind” interior design consisting of four Zuni rainbird elements around a circular center, ca 1940s? This bowl is an important link in the tradition of Polacca ware using Zuni-inspired “rain bird” designs. [For a...
Rain Bird Design
Hopi red-ware pot, old Polacca-ware scroll design by Fern Lalo, Polacca. Although new, the painting on this pot incorporates Zuni “rain bird” design elements that were characteristic of “Polacca C” ware before the Sikyatki revival inspired by Keam and Nampeyo in the...
