2025-05 Jar with window-pane and long-leaf design
This jar is distinctive in contrary ways: 1) The shape is awkward; 2) It was slipped with white kaolin clay and has a red rim, reflecting an earlier Polacca ware tradition; 3) Its Sikyatki-Revival painting is not placed symmetrically and is longer than the...
2025-03 Avian effigy pot of a Hopi penguin
The painted head is 1.625” long. Each wing is 1.25” wide. The tail is approximately 2.00” long. 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...
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...
