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2021-15 Irregularly shaped pot: windows looking at storm cloud
This pot has a unique shape and a realistic design crafted to fit that shape.. More than any other pot in the collection, form and design work together to create an explicit visual...
2021-14 Dramatic butterfly tile
This collection has more than two dozen pots carrying images of butterflies. (See "Category" list.) Its easy to love these flying flowers, but in addition, butterflies at Hopi are a sign that rain has fallen, the...
2021-13 Richly colored upright canteen with Polik’Mana images
The Polik'Mana imagery on this canteen has been popular with collectors for about 150 years and is still seen on pottery made at Hopi. Indeed, before I bought this canteen, the collection...
2021-12 Jar with raised relief butterflies and award ribbon
Some pots in this collection have designs that are difficult to interpret (2013-16, 2018-01) or remain enigmatic (2001-04), but the design on jar 2021-12 speaks clearly to the...
2021-11 Conical jar with birds and bird-wing designs
The conical form of this pot makes it unsteady, though visually dramatic. It is not particularly large, but because of its unusual shape virtually all of its surface is visible and...
2021-10 Bowl with butterfly and swirling bird designs
Irma David's pottery designs are often curvilinear with gaps between the elements. On this jar she has created space in her design to insert butterflies on opposite sides of the pot. Her...
