2022-14 Large vase with a flock of abstract birds

2022-14 Large vase with a flock of abstract birds

  This vase displays a mural of abstract birds, Hopi messengers to the gods.  For me those birds also carry substantial emotions. This is the last pot I bought directly from Rachael, who was gravely ill. I was able to visit her at her ancestral home in Polacca on...
2022-12  Eleven-pot necklace with silver beads

2022-12 Eleven-pot necklace with silver beads

  The necklace has an overall length of 32 inches. The two ladles + two pipes average 0.532 “ h X 0.855” w X 2.0” long. The  four jars average 0.969″ h X 1.00” w. The two canteens average 1.25” h X 1.50” w X 0.875” deep. The pendant is 0.75” h X 1.50” w....
2022-11  Small pot by Zella Nampeyo

2022-11 Small pot by Zella Nampeyo

This is a particularly undistinguished Hopi-Tewa pot.  It is included in this collection because of its historical, not aesthetic, value. Its maker, Zella Nampeyo, is the daughter of Nellie, Nampeyo and Lesso’s third child and middle daughter.  Nellie was not as...
2022-05 Early career pot by Nyla Collateta Nampeyo

2022-05 Early career pot by Nyla Collateta Nampeyo

This pot is unusual because it is formed from yellow “sikyatska” clay that fires red.  It carries a black design.  The elements of design are typical of the Sikyatki Revival, are unusually-organized, crisply-drawn, and are well-fitted to the pot’s shape....
2022-02  Plainware wide-shouldered seedpot

2022-02 Plainware wide-shouldered seedpot

This plainware jar is the perfect foil for jar 2020-20, the other recent addition to this collection by Jake Koopee.  Whereas jar 2020-20 is packed with design leaving almost no surface on the pot without paint, jar 2022-02 obviously carries no paint (except for the...