1993-05 Plainware Piki Bowl

1993-05 Plainware Piki Bowl

Utility Pots

Hopi plainware Piki bowl by Myrtle Luke Young, “middle village,” First Mesa. Myrtle Young made exceptionally thin, evenly formed and graceful pottery. Given its large size and purpose, this bowl was probably made for use in a Hopi home rather than for sale to...
1993-01 Small Dish with Two-Head Turkey Design

1993-01 Small Dish with Two-Head Turkey Design

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Hopi dish with double bird design, signed by Grace Chapella. According to Rick Dillingham, the dish was made about 1975 and was painted by Grace’s daughter Alma (see 1989-07). Grace had a stroke in 1974 and her eyesight had dimmed by 1975. Although she was still...
1992-09 Large White-Slipped Olla with Avian Designs

1992-09 Large White-Slipped Olla with Avian Designs

White-Slip Ware

Hopi jar, white kaolin slip with Sikyatki design by Joy Navasie, “Frog Woman.” Note that the four quadrants of the pot are painted with two designs, one more densely filling the surface than the other does. The pot was given by Navasie to Naomi Fredericks, the wife of...
1992-06 Small Sikyatki Butterfly Jar

1992-06 Small Sikyatki Butterfly Jar

Folk Art Butterfly Design

Hopi, Sikyatki low-shouldered jar, Grace-Chapella-butterfly design by Dianna Tahbo (born 1960). Grace’s daughter Alma Chapella Tahbo had a son Ramon Tahbo. He married Mary and they had a son Mark (1992-02) and a daughter, Dianna. For a picture of Dianna and her...