2022-05 Early career pot by Nyla Collateta Nampeyo
This pot is unusual because it is formed from yellow “sikyatska” clay that fires red. As expected for pots of this color, it carries a black design. The elements of design are typical...
2022-04 Tile with maiden balancing a pot on her head
Framed in a doorway, this smiling woman balances a very large Hopi pot on her head. Born in 1948, Jean began making pottery when she was about 17 had a long and productive pottery-making career, including...
2022-03 Double-lobed container with maidens and corn iconography
The dimensionality of this pot is complex. Gourd #1 (strap emerging from lip) is 7.125" h X 6.00" wide. Gourd #2 (strap emerging from body) is 5.0" h X 5.0" w The strap is 6.75" long....
2022-02 Plainware wide-shouldered seedpot
This plainware jar is the perfect foil for jar 2020-20, the other recent addition to this collection by Jake Koopee. Whereas jar 2020-20 is packed with design leaving almost no surface on...
2022-01 Duck whistle
I bought my first Hopi-Tewa pot 61 years ago, have been collecting ever since, have a large research library, and have been working on this catalog for 20 years. I consider myself quite an expert when it...
2021-21 Bowl with monster and reproductive serpents
This bowl began as an attempt to depict clearly the design on a faded Nampeyo bowl, then a second design from an ancient Sikyatki bowl was added, and thus the bowl displays designs on both the interior...
