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Hopi-Tewa jar with polychromatic abstract bird design; two framing lines without breaks. Signed “Daisy.” (Daisy Nampeyo.) Since Daisy did not indicate her last name, I believe this to be one of her older pots, perhaps made before the 1950s (?). Still older are pots...
Folk Art Bird Design
Small shallow dish with a simple, folksy bird design, unsigned. 1940s-1950s (?) The whimsy of the design makes me...
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Large Hopi cylinder vase with polychrome abstract feather design topped by two framing break lines. The yellow slip (fires red) has faded and the surface (slip?) of the pot has crackled somewhat and taken of a beautiful old ivory look that is characteristic of pots...
Canteens
Hopi-Tewa Canteen, polychromatic paint, with complex loosely jointed abstract feather design centered around a “four-mountain direction” element. The design has two framing lines with break lines; unsigned. Although it is impossible to know who made this canteen, the...
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Small Hopi-Tewa pot with abstract bird design, clearly signed “Annie Nampeyo” on the bottom. 1930s-1940s (?). While this is not a major piece of pottery, it was done with more care (and better firing) than 1999-13. For a finer signed Annie pot, see 2009-04. For the...
