2007-04 Bulbous Jar with Flowing – Modern – Abstract Design
Les is the grandson of Rachel Namingha, Nampeyo’s granddaughter. His father, Emerson Namingha Jr., is the younger brother of Priscilla , Lillian, Ruth, Elanor and Dextra. (See the Artist List for pots by these sisters.) Emerson married a Zuni woman and Les grew...
2007-02 Small Zuni Clay Bowl – Hopi Iconography
Two round faces represent Tawa, the Hopi sun god; these are interspersed with designs of the Hopi rain cloud. A band of linear and stepped designs encircles the top of the pot, which is white-slipped in the Zuni style and is made of clay from Zuni. Daisy also signed...
2007-01 Bowl with Wagnerian Flying Creatures
The parade of three flying creatures is not evenly spaced, nor are they identical. This is a spirited, folk-art pot that makes me smile. Patricia, the younger sister of Juanita Healing (see the Artist List), was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1919, and she learned to...
