Uncategorized, Utility Pots
This bowl is of ordinary size with a somewhat unusual everted rim. The three sets of rim ticking are indicative of a pot made during the first quarter of the 20th century. The rabbit stick design is unique. Rabbit sticks were a common accessory of Hopi men, but I...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Polacca Ware, Utility Pots
This is a thick, solid bowl with a rim that incurves about one-fifth of an inch. Without penetrating to the interior, a 1-inch chunk has been knocked off one side, revealing coarse grey/pink clay that forms the body of the vessel. The bowl is covered with a white slip...
Folk Art Other Animal Design, Utility Pots
This pot is of ordinary cornmeal bowl shape and is of a form intended to be hung in a Hopi home to hold an offering to the rising sun. The pot was dung-fired with the rear gold-blushed, which indicates that it was exposed to a higher temperature than the paler front....
