2012-12 Third Mesa Plainware Jar with Basket Impressed Bottom, Corrugated Rim

Utility Pots

This pot was formed in a 16-coil basket used as a tabipi (puki) Coils of clay were then built up upon the rim of the puki, jutting out sharply from the puki edge to the maximum diameter of the pot and then narrowing toward the rim. These coils were flattened into a...

2012-05 Polychromatic Prayer Meal Bowl with Palhik Mana Raised Face, Crenellated Kopatsoki

Effigy, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Utility Pots

The form of this pot is unusual. The rim is carefully uneven with the rear rim rising about 0.5” above the side rims and incorporating a hole large enough to hang the pot from a nail in the wall. The crenellated front of the pot rises 2.125” above the side rims and...

2011-14 Small, Undecorated Spoon

Utility Pots

This is a simple, understated spoon that is not quite utilitarian but not quite elegant either. Of the five daughters of Rachel Namingha, three became famous potters. Eleanor and her sister Ruth James (2008-07) made little pottery. (For other pottery by Eleanor Lucas,...

2011-02 Cornmeal Wall Pocket

Uncategorized, Utility Pots

This pot is beautifully formed, painted and fired. The form is graceful and well proportioned. The painting is simple but elegant. The pot is nicely blushed from the outdoor firing. The red paint on the front panel was lightly applied or has faded or worn, giving this...

2010-17 Basket-Formed Piki Bowl, 1880-1920?

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Utility Pots

The bowl has an outside radius of 10 inches. The bottom 6 inches were formed in a basket; the remaining 4 inches were added with clay coils. The basket had about 30 coils. The edge coil of the basket was finished with a toothed edge forming small triangles whose...

2009-24 Sikyatki Revival Helmet/Stew Bowl Formed in Basket

Utility Pots

The interior flared rim of the bowl is decorated with eight panels of design separated by three vertical lines. Each panel is divided into two triangular sections by a diagonal line. Below the line another triangle encloses unpainted surface of the pot. This image is...