2025-09  Sculpted village pot

2025-09 Sculpted village pot

Sculpted village scenes on pottery from Hopi are known, but rare. Jar 2025-09, discussed here, is the only example in this collection where the village scene is the central image. The only other pot in the collection with a carved village scene is jar 2024-01 by...
2025-08  Leaping rabbit tile

2025-08 Leaping rabbit tile

  This is the second tile in this collection by Logan Koopee.  The first (2009-26) was purchased directly from him at his brother’s home in Walpi, First Mesa.  Logan is primarily a painter, and his skill is clearly shown in the elaborate and detailed painting of...
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...