Folk Art Butterfly Design, Tile
This collection has more than two dozen pots carrying images of butterflies. (See “Category” list.) Its easy to love these flying flowers, but in addition, butterflies at Hopi are a sign that rain has fallen, the desert is blooming and there is hope for...
Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Tile
This tile is extraordinary by every criterion: size, shape, blushing and painting. The design is instantly recognizable as a Polik’Mana, but it is a modern interpretation of what can be a fairly static traditional design. (See other Polik’Mana renditions under...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Tile, White-slipped, Nampeyo
Form: Since prehistoric times Hopi women formed flat “tiles” of clay that were fired and then ground to use as temper in the formation of pots. Some decorated tiles may have been made for ritual use in the kivas (Wright, 1977:64). In 1875 Thomas Keam opened the first...
