1983-05 Large Avian Jar

1983-05 Large Avian Jar

Hopi, large jar with elements of Sikyatki revival bird design, Mae Mutz (1922-1998). Note how the design is set off against a plain background; for a Hopi pot, this is an unusually simple design. Somewhat like the style of Old Lady Nampeyo (1993-04), the plain...
1983-04 Sikyatki Avian Jar

1983-04 Sikyatki Avian Jar

Hopi pot, Sikyatki revival design by Rosetta Huma (age 64). This pot was fired on 12/19/83.  A few days later later Ms. Huma invited us into her home (in Schomovi, on top of First Mesa) after finding Becky (age 9) a good conversationalist.  We bought the pot from her...
1983-02 Low-Shouldered Jar with Geometric Design

1983-02 Low-Shouldered Jar with Geometric Design

Hopi low-shoulder jar, Verna Nahee (Daughter of Ethel Youvella). Verna was born in 1940 and is a teacher at the Polacca Day School. Verna Nahee is not an exceptionally famous potter and this pot is not perfect in the care of painting or design, but it is (perhaps) the...