2013-16 Bowl with Feather Shield

Utility Pots

Bowl 2013-16 is formed of grey clay covered by a thick yellow clay slip that fired dark red. The bowl has a rounded bottom and is symmetrical, although the edge is uneven. A slight extra coil of clay has been added to reinforce that edge and the bowl is in near “as...

2013-13 Cornmeal Bowl with Mouse-Like Creature

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....

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...