Folk Art Butterfly Design
Hopi butterfly pot by Laura Chapella. Laura is the daughter of Elida and Frank Chapella; Frank’s mother (“Dalee”) died when he was a child and like his sister Mary Ami (2001-01) he was raised by Grace. Like her grandmother (1991-10), Laura (age 35) draws a fun and...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
Tewa-Hopi yellow-ware vase, butterfly design, 1940 (?), by Grace Chapella (unsigned). According to Dawny Cromwell, Public Education Director of the museum shop, Rex Bollin (who was selling several Hopi pots at the Museum on consignment) said this pot (and the four...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
Hopi pot, butterfly/feather design, Alma Chapella Tahbo. Design element has two butterflies and two groups of feathers/geometric designs. Fired May 12, 1981. Alma (born 1915; died 1993) is the daughter of noted Hopi/Tewa potter Grace Chapella (1991-10). Alma’s Father...
Fine-Line Migration Design
Hopi jar, migration design, Tonita Hamilton (Nampeyo), one of Fannie’s seven children. (Born 1934.) In May 1981, I had won a bet with Mom by correctly guessing that Tonita had made a similar, larger, pot for sale at the Case Trading Post (Wheelwright Museum). If...
