2000-07 Canteen with Four-Mountain and Abstract Design
Hopi-Tewa Canteen, polychromatic paint, with complex loosely jointed abstract feather design centered around a “four-mountain direction” element. The design has two framing lines with break lines; unsigned. Although it is impossible to know who made this canteen, the...
2000-03 A small bowl experiment in symmetric and asymmetric tensions
I purchased this small jar from Four Winds Gallery in Pittsburgh (PA) because I thought the design was especially well-done and pleasing. When asked about provenance, the gallery manager Beth Wagttll said only that “I unfortunately do not know any history on...
1999-05 Butterfly Dancer Pot
Hopi-Tewa globular seed pot with a design of butterflies encircling the opening, which is red and in the form of a six-pointed star by Hisi Nampeyo. Hisi (Camille Joy Quotskuyva) is the daughter of Dextra and thus the great-great-granddaughter of the “Old Lady.” Given...
