1991-01 Man Eagle Jar (not in collection)

1991-01 Man Eagle Jar (not in collection)

Man Eagle Design

Design is a very fine-line reproduction of the Sikyatki “Man-eagle/Thunderbird” figure design. See Fewkes (1973: 59 and 129) for a discussion of this design. Like the original Sikyatki design, the two depictions on this jar by Gloria Kahe shows an abstract bird with a...
1989-06 Seed Jar

1989-06 Seed Jar

Uncategorized

Hopi pot, formed in April 1978 by Rachel Namingha Nampeyo (born 1903; died 1985) and painted by her sister Daisy Hooee Nampeyo (born 1906). The Blairs (1999:197) write that Daisy “…spent much time with her sister Rachel at Polacca. As Rachel’s eyesight began to fail,...
1988-02 Large Eagle-Tail Low-Shouldered Jar

1988-02 Large Eagle-Tail Low-Shouldered Jar

Eagle Tail Design

Hopi low-shoulder jar, eagle-feather design, Darlene Nampeyo. Although an accomplished artist (“Best of Show” at the 1987 Museum of Northern Arizona show), Darlene was not experienced at firing large pots. Born in 1956, she spent a couple of weeks in the summer of...
1986-03 Butterfly Jar

1986-03 Butterfly Jar

Folk Art Butterfly Design

There are quite a number of pots with butterfly designs in this collection. (See “Category” listing.) This was purchased first. For a gentle discussion of the meaning of butterflies and flowers in Hopi culture, see Hays-Gilpin (2006:12-25). A niece of Grace Chapella...