1999-05 Butterfly Dancer Pot

1999-05 Butterfly Dancer Pot

Hopi-Tewa globular seed pot with a design of butterflies encircling the opening, which is red and in the form of a six-pointed star by Hisi Nampeyo. Hisi (Camille Joy Quotskuyva) is the daughter of Dextra and thus the great-great-granddaughter of the “Old Lady.” Given...
1999-04 Low-Shouldered Jar with Two Bird Design

1999-04 Low-Shouldered Jar with Two Bird Design

Low-shouldered pot decorated with two polychromatic bird designs, by Miriam Ami, daughter of Elva Tewaguna and granddaughter of Fannie Lesou. This is a favorite pot shape and design of Miriam. Sometimes she leaves the design monochromatic. For a pot by Miriam’s mother...
1999-02 Stirrup Pot

1999-02 Stirrup Pot

Hopi-Tewa stirrup pot by Nyla Sahmie. Like her sisters Rachel and Jean, I think Nyla is one of the most creative potters working today. Somehow, these daughters of Priscilla both stay rooted in tradition and yet open to trying new designs and forms; the shape of this...
1998-14 Corn Meal Basket Pot

1998-14 Corn Meal Basket Pot

Hopi corn meal basket/pot, unsigned. Pots like these are used by villagers who circle around dancing kachinas and bless them with corn meal. The seller told me the pot was made in Hano by “Delbert,” a man of about 50 years. Perhaps the maker was Delbert J. Fritz....