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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...
2021-20 Early career four bear pot by Steve Lucas
This is an unusually thick bowl decorated with four bears, fairly crudely drawn, and a series of detailed pyramids. It is dated (19)76. Its creator, Steve Lucas, is known for his...
2021-19 Hopi sandal napkin ring
This sandal is pure kitsch, and like all great kitsch it makes me smile: especially those little toe prints. Obviously it is tourist art and I don't know if it was peddled with a purpose. I...
2021-18 Small seedpot with gliding birds
The design on this jar has a large impact, but its detail is minuscule. Without a reference point a viewer might guess this perfectly formed and painted jar to be many times its actual...
2021-17 Bowl with migration design & interior blue corn mark
Variations of the fine-line migration design on bowl 2021-17 are widely available in the market and are the most the commonly painted design by members of the Nampeyo family. The artist's mark on...
2021-16 Very large seedpot with avian and serpent decoration
The most accomplished Pueblo potters today produce work that is both innovative and precise (cf 2018-08 and 2020-02). Categorized as "fine art," such work can sell for a great deal of...
