2013-17 Small Kaolin Bowl with Eroded Man Eagle Design

Man Eagle Design, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo

This bowl is somewhat deep, has a slight rim coil, and is kaolin slipped. I showed this bowl to Ed Wade at his home in Sedona, October 13-14, 2013. Ed’s opinion is that it is a Kaolin slip over Sikyatki clay body that also fires quite white. Given the pure white...

2012-24 White-Slipped Polychrome Jar with Parrots

Folk Art Bird Design, White-Slip Ware

This is an especially graceful vase that is both extraordinarily thin and well-formed, with an elegant polychromatic design that beautifully fits the form of the pot. “Graceful, extraordinary, elegant and beautiful”: you get the idea. The design is a variation of a...

2012-08 Handled Pitcher with Red Lip and Polychromatic Foxes

Folk Art Other Animal Design, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo

This exocentric little pot is thick-walled and crudely formed. Viewed with the wide end closest to the viewer, the opening is faced slightly to the right and has an uneven lip. From this same perspective, the left side of the vessel has a broader hip and extends...

2006-11 Bowl with Rim Dots and Coil – “Pure Abstract” Design

Uncategorized, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo

This Hopi-Tewa bowl has an abstract geometric design, rim ticking, and an extra rim coil. The extra coil and cross-sectional shape suggests the bowl was formed by Nampeyo. During a visit to his home (4/23/09), Ed Wade said he believed that Annie was the painter. Upon...

2005-02 Early Sikyatki Revival Bowl with Crooks and Clown Faces

White-Slip Ware

This pot has a design that consists of three elements: 1) a black pahos (prayer feather) or sash emerging from a “clown” design, 2) a squared black crook, and 3) a pointed red crook with 12 thin “hair” lines. This three-element design is repeated twice on the pot. The...

2002-03 Shallow Dish with Superb Abstract Avian Design

Uncategorized, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo

The design on the interior of this bowl is composed of elements that are typically used by Nampeyo; what is extraordinary is their simple, powerful configuration.  Of the more than five dozen pots by Nampeyo in this collection, this bowl and two others (2014-07 and...