2026-01:  Double-lobed canteen

2026-01: Double-lobed canteen

Large lobe: 5.0” h X 3.875 “ w Small lobe: 4.0625” h X 3.375” w Bi-lobed canteens are a tradition at Acoma Pueblo, just west of Santa Fe, and are less-frequently made at a number of the Rio Grande pueblos....

2025-15 Narrow-necked spirit-being jar

2025-15 Narrow-necked spirit-being jar

The neck is 1.125-inches high. This is a graceful but clunky jar with an inventive, engaging design.  Its maker was a brilliant, iconoclastic artist adept in many mediums. Randall Sahmie (1950--2008) was the fourth of...

2025-14:  Figural canteen

2025-14: Figural canteen

The round body is 5.3125” wide. From bellybutton to back is 3.25”. Figural jars from Hopi are rare, but this collection contains two by Nampeyo (2007-16 and 2013-14).  Hopi figural canteens depicting...

2025-13  Nampeyo playing with a Polacca pot

2025-13 Nampeyo playing with a Polacca pot

The neck is about 1.0-inch high. This rather worn and crudely-painted pot turns out to be a gold mine of information, but learning its story requires an extended investigation and...

2025-12  Low-profile seedjar

2025-12 Low-profile seedjar

  This jar is a masterwork of form, its width 2.962 times greater than its height.  Creating such a broad expanse of wet clay over a shallow bowl is extraordinary. Of the 600+ jars in this collection,...

2025-11 Fierce creatures bowl

2025-11 Fierce creatures bowl

  Both humorous and frightening, the creatures on this pot create an enormously engaging tableau. Quadrupeds are infrequently depicted on pottery from Hopi, though ironically within the last...

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