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First People Potsan online catalog of 500+ pieces of Native American artwork owned by a private collector, described by Cowboys & Indians Magazine as “a valuable resource for collectors, galleries, and scholars.”
2023-13 Early career Tawa bowl by Jean Sahme
The opening ranges from 8.5” to 9.1875" The design on this bowl is simple but striking. Of the close to 600 pots in this collection, only one other caries the image of Tawa, the Creator (2017-07) . The six sets of chevrons on...
2023-12 Long Hair Katsina tile
The fine-line migration design has become a standardize design used by potters at Hopi, and, at first glance, that is what one’s eye sees here. Randall Sahmie (1950-2008) is best known for his katchia carvings and painting. He was an...
2023-11 Modern Polik’ Mana tile
This collection contains about a dozen versions of the Polik’Mana, from a tile (2014-10) and a tray (2017-04) by Nampeyo, to modern tiles (cf 2017-03), canteens, vases, a corn meal bowl, and even an image painted on cloth but posing as a...
2023-10 Cookie jar with folk art birds, side lugs and a lid
Jar is 6.5625” h X 7.5625” wide without lid or handles. The lid is 2.1875” high and 4.25" wide with a 3.1875” interior ring. Since as early as 1300 CE, when coal-fired Jeddito ware was widely traded,...
2023-09 Vintage jar with clown face & red moon celebration
This is a well-crafted bowl by a well-known artist (1888-1978) whose lineage is difficult to translate into American standard ancestry, and who thus remains a bit of a mystery. The collection contains...
2023-08 Large Rick Dillingham–Rachael Sahmie collaboration pot
This is an extraordinarily imperfect pot, with 12 pop outs, a hole in its base, uneven polishing and a couple of dark smudges from its outdoor firing. Nevertheless, this is a unique and...
