2025-03  Avian effigy pot of a Hopi penguin

2025-03 Avian effigy pot of a Hopi penguin

This large effigy is more pot than bird, perhaps the image of a flightless Hopi penguin.   It joins three other avian effigies in this collection: 1) 2019-06  by Michael Hawley, who was not Native, 2) 2020-08 by Bobbie Silas and 3) 2016-09 by Rachael Sahmie, Jean’s...
2025-02   Three katsinas carved plate

2025-02 Three katsinas carved plate

Katsinas are powerful spirits that bring instruction and blessings to the people at Hopi.  The inventive tripartite carving on this plate highlights this power.  This plate is kiln-fired and thus lacks the blushing given by an outdoor dung firing.  I am not...
2024-10: Effigy figure of female dancer with tabula

2024-10: Effigy figure of female dancer with tabula

  The body of the dancer is 1.625″ deep. The base of the figure is roughly 2-inches square. While the first two items by Darlene that entered this collection are jars (1988-02 and 1989-02), she has become better known for her tiles (2016-04, 2021-14) and...