Canteens, Utility Pots
Hopi utility canteen, 1920s, sealed with pinion pitch. The canteen was made for use and not for sale to tourists. The canteen was collected in about 1927 by Mary and Harold Colton, directors of the Museum of Northern Arizona. After the Colton’s death, this pot was...
Utility Pots
I was introduced to Juanita Healing by Verna Nahee (1983-02), a neighbor in the village of Shomopvi, First Mesa. Verna was getting ready to fire pottery and we were talking; Juanita was kidding Verna about staring her fire so late (more wind). Juanita (age 77) was the...
Utility Pots
Hopi plainware Piki bowl by Myrtle Luke Young, “middle village,” First Mesa. Myrtle Young made exceptionally thin, evenly formed and graceful pottery. Given its large size and purpose, this bowl was probably made for use in a Hopi home rather than for sale to...
Utility Pots
Hopi rectangular ceremonial bowl, circa 1870s to early 20th century. This pot has been “used by (a) Hopi woman in her home to hold ceremonial items.” (Source comments by Richard Howard, from whom I purchased the bowl.) The bowl is unslipped yellow ware with an...
Utility Pots
Hopi, basketry impressed bottom plainware dipper made by Vera Pooyouma at Hotevilla. Ms. Pooyouma was born inabout 1884 and was 103 when she made this pot. According to her son, Rex Pooyouma, she was still making a few small pots five years later. A photograph of Mrs....
Utility Pots
Hopi Seed Jar, circa 1910, Awatobi design elements, unsigned. This pot was probably made for use, rather than for sale. The seed corn stored inside would have been sealed in with a corncob stopper. Ed Wade (4/23/09) noted that this shape (with the flat top) was made...
