2009-17 Walpi Polychrome Piki Bowl – Transition Period

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Utility Pots

Walpi Polychrome Piki Bowl (repaired) with Pahlik Mana interior by Nampeyo, circa 1890. “Broken and glued with no additional plaster or overpainting. There is extensive ethnographic wear to the interior painted design from extended use as a piki bowl. The bowl bears a...

2009-15 Double-Chambered Salt Container – Simple Decoration – Red Rim

Utility Pots

This double-chambered, casually formed, and heavy Hopi container has a simple polychromatic decoration and red rims. It is an unusual shape for a Hopi or Hopi-Tewa pot. Red lips on a Sikyatki Revival pot are also unusual and might indicate a production date toward the...

2009-07 Elegant Plainware Scoop

Utility Pots

Randy worked in a variety of art forms: painting, kachina carving, and—to a lesser degree—clay. One iconic product of his art was plain ladles with straight handles topped by carved wooden kachinas. Undecorated and unsigned, the graceful presence of this little ladle...

2008-15b Shorter-Handled Plainware Dipper

Utility Pots

These ladles are unsigned, but very similar ladles were made by Rena Kavena (Hotevilla/Sichomovi) for many years, including the...

2008-15a Longer-Handled Plainware Dipper

Utility Pots

2007-14 Commercial Slip-Cast – Glazed and Kiln-Fired Posole Bowl

Utility Pots

Commercial slip-cast, kiln-fired bowl (unsigned) with traditional Hopi designs in underglaze pigments (probably decals) and a clear overglaze The seller believed the bowl was hand-decorated by Loretta Silas. Although entirely commercial, it may have been made by Ms....