2004-04 Large Plainware Bowl with Rim
The lower quarter of the pot shows some water damage, but unlike utility pots 1995-02, 1998-01, 1998-05, 1999-14, 2003-09, or 2010-17, the pot does not appear to have been used in a Hopi home. Like utility pots 1987-02 and 2002-05, this pot was likely made for sale to...
2004-03 Polacca D Corn Meal Bowl with Kachina Design
Hopi Polacca D oblong bowl with handle crackled white finish, red rim, and handle. Dating from about 1890, this is probably a cornmeal pot used by villagers who circle around dancing kachinas in the public plaza of a Hopi/Hopi-Tewa village and bless the kachinas with...
2004-02 Polychrome Bowl with Geometric Design
Juanita is featured on a videotape about making Hopi pottery, but by the time I met her in 1994, she was already 79 years old and past her artistic prime. For a biography, see Collins (1977:12). This bowl was part of a lot of Juanita pottery sold at a general auction...
