Bat Wing Design
The batwing design was used by Nampeyo and became a classic Nampeyo family design. In my opinion, this batwing design was the most elegant design painted by Fannie. [For another batwing jar painted by Fannie, see 2009-14.] Annie was born in 1883; her daughter Rachel...
Eagle Tail Design
This huge Hopi-Tewa polychrome jar has a decorated rim and an eagle-tail design modified by the addition of elegant red swags between the curvilinear “feathers.” The pot is accurate both in size and in decoration to an “Old Lady” Nampeyo pot given on March 1, 1907 to...
Effigy
This asymmetric Hopi effigy vessel has a molded human face, black and red painted facial features, headband, and ornamentation. The chin is pressed from the inside; the ears, eyebrows, and nose are applied. The painting is careful and delicate. It is unsigned but...
Folk Art Bird Design
The bowl, which features two bird designs separated by panels of abstract decoration, is perfectly shaped and unusually low. As a result, the decoration forms a strongly horizontal band, which forces the viewer’s eye to sweep along. At first glance, the decorations...
Utility Pots
Commercial slip-cast, kiln-fired bowl (unsigned) with traditional Hopi designs in underglaze pigments (probably decals) and a clear overglaze The seller believed the bowl was hand-decorated by Loretta Silas. Although entirely commercial, it may have been made by Ms....
