Hopi butterfly pot by Laura Chapella. Laura is the daughter of Elida and Frank Chapella; Frank’s mother (“Dalee”) died when […]
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1993-06 Squat Jar – Sikyatki Revival “Style A” Design
“Jar, Hopi, First Mesa, Ariz. Sharp-shouldered bowl in yellow clay with black/brown and red (blotchy) painting of a Sikyatki revival […]
1993-05 Plainware Piki Bowl
Hopi plainware Piki bowl by Myrtle Luke Young, “middle village,” First Mesa. Myrtle Young made exceptionally thin, evenly formed and […]
1993-04 Bowl with Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Hopi white-slipped bowl with three-color polychrome Sikyatki abstract-avian image, tadpoles, and sky band by Nampeyo, ca.1895-1905 CE. The first photograph […]
1993-03 Plain Redware Bowl – Incised Band
Hopi plain redware bowl with incised band by Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo. Although it is reminiscent of the incised redware pots […]
1993-02 Grey Bowl with Mixed Designs
Hopi pot with abstract Sikyatki bird design, by Nellie Nampeyo. According to an inscription on the bottom, this pot was […]
1993-01 Small Dish with Two-Head Turkey Design
Hopi dish with double bird design, signed by Grace Chapella. According to Rick Dillingham, the dish was made about 1975 […]