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 Small Bowl with Clown-Face Design
Hopi-Tewa seed pot with “clown” design element, cloud and other standard design elements on the exterior; unsigned; 1930s (?). Like 2002-09: 1) this pot is not symmetrical and sits unevenly on its rounded bottom; and 2) the painting on the pot is fine and uses...
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...
