2025-04: A simple utility ladle

2025-04: A simple utility ladle

Utility Pots

1.625” width of handle. 0.4375” thickness of handle 0.125” thickness of bowl. 1.0” depth of bowl. This is a well-formed, simple, utility ladle by Edith Nash.  She was active in the 1940’s through the 1970’s.  This is not an exceptional ceramic, but is typical of the...
2025-01 Late 19th century Tawa ladle

2025-01 Late 19th century Tawa ladle

Kachina Design, Utility Pots

Ladle 2025-01 The handle is 2.125” wide at its widest. The handle is 0.6875” thick. The bowl is 0.25” thick. The bowl is 1.875” deep. Small and worn, this ladle displays an image of the Creator Tawa.  This image has a history, both at Hopi and in this collection: In...
2024-11: Large canteen with complex swirling birds

2024-11: Large canteen with complex swirling birds

Canteens

  The spout is 1.5″ long. Each handle extends 1.25″ from the body and is 3.1875″ high. Karen Charlie is a fine potter and this large canteen is the form, size and design for which she is best known. The size of the vessel impresses.  The...