[Double click photos to enlarge.] This sandal is pure kitsch, and like all great kitsch it makes me smile: […]
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2020-19 “Earth in Balance” snake pot
[Double click photos to enlarge.] There are pots in this collection that are spectacular because of the complexity of […]
2019-14 Redware bowl with patterned rim
After Nampeyo became functionally blind around 1920 and could no longer paint, she began to add more tactile decorations to the […]
2018-12 Jar with corn and geometric motifs
This collection is particularly focused on Nampeyo and her descendants, thus the Nampeyo aesthetic is well represented. Jar 2018-12 is an […]
2015-10 Bowl with distinctive interpretation of “bird hanging from sky band” motif
A reader who is familiar with this catalog and has developed some confidence in my analysis of Hopi pottery should […]
2014-06 Large Polacca C food bowl
This is a thick, solid bowl with a rim that incurves about one-fifth of an inch. Without penetrating to the […]
2014-04 Seedpot with Lizard and Horned Toad Warriors Hunting Ants
This pot is exceptionally thin-walled and therefore light, as if formed on a potter’s wheel. A slight variation in form […]
2008-04A/B/C Small Unpainted Pot with Square Opening; Small Unpainted Seedpot; Small Unpainted Melon-Grooved Jar
2.188” h X 2.58” w; 2.31” h X 3.17” w; 3.125” h X 2.31” w, respectively Jake (Jr.) stopped using […]
2008-03 Jar with Polychromatic Designs and Butterflies
The design on this polychromatic jar has traditional Hopi designs interspersed with four butterfly images. It is signed with the […]
2008-02 Small Jar with Avian Design
The design on this jar is a somewhat linear variation of an old Nampeyo design reproduced on the cover and […]