2002-12 Tiny Pinch Pot – Simple Monochromatic Design

2002-12 Tiny Pinch Pot – Simple Monochromatic Design

Very small Hopi-Tewa pot with a simple monochromatic design, signed “Nampeyo.” Like 1985-01 and 1997-01, this pot was made by the “Old Lady,” painted and signed by a female relative and probably sold through the Museum of Northern Arizona Hopi Craftsman Exhibition,...
2002-03 Shallow Dish with Superb Abstract Avian Design

2002-03 Shallow Dish with Superb Abstract Avian Design

The design on the interior of this bowl is composed of elements that are typically used by Nampeyo; what is extraordinary is their simple, powerful configuration.  Of the more than five dozen pots by Nampeyo in this collection, this bowl and one other (2014-07) best...
2001-01 White-Slipped Vase

2001-01 White-Slipped Vase

White-Slipped Hopi-Tewa pot with abstract exterior design signed “Buffalo Maiden (Mary Ami).” This is not an exceptional pot, but Mary Ami does not seem to have been a prolific potter and her pots rarely come on the market. Mary was born in 1919; her mother (“Dalee”)...