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...
2021-19 Hopi sandal napkin ring

2021-19 Hopi sandal napkin ring

Effigy, Kitsch

This sandal is pure kitsch, and like all great kitsch it makes me smile: especially those little toe prints.  Obviously it is tourist art and I don’t know if it was peddled with a purpose.  I think of it as a napkin ring.   Well-formed and carefully painted, it...