Folk Art Bird Design
Cylinder pot with polychromatic abstract bird design, Laura Tomosie. Laura was the sister of Grace Chapella (1993-01 and 1991-10) but as a potter, she was not as prolific or well known as Grace was. (Rick Dillingham had to borrow a Laura Tomosie pot from Rita Neal to...
Utility Pots
Hopi utility ware pot, undecorated with encrustations from near Hotevilla., pre 1950s (?). This older pot shows its use and age has cracked it some, but the texture of the finish and simplicity of its form give it a simple, solid beauty. For other “utility” pots in...
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Small under-fired pot with an irregular edge and simple exterior design. The pot carries a Fred Harvey “From the Hopi Villages” sticker and is signed “Annie Nampeyo,” ca. 1930s. Like her sister Nellie’s pot (1991-03), this pot is under-fired and thus the clay is not...
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Jemez pot with poster pain decoration, unsigned and probably unfired. Like 1971-05, this represents an attempt by a pueblo that had lost its pottery tradition to make inexpensive pots that would appeal to an Anglo sense of what “real Indian” pots should look like. As...
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Shallow redware bowl. The design has a framing line and some of the abstract feather design is edged with white. (1.75” h X 6.375” w) Both the shallow shape of the bowl and the design are in the style of Annie Healing, but the quality of the work seems inferior to her...
