2004-04 Large Plainware Bowl with Rim

2004-04 Large Plainware Bowl with Rim

The lower quarter of the pot shows some water damage, but unlike utility pots 1995-02, 1998-01, 1998-05, 1999-14, 2003-09, or 2010-17, the pot does not appear to have been used in a Hopi home. Like utility pots 1987-02 and 2002-05, this pot was likely made for sale to...
2004-02 Polychrome Bowl with Geometric Design

2004-02 Polychrome Bowl with Geometric Design

Juanita is featured on a videotape about making Hopi pottery, but by the time I met her in 1994, she was already 79 years old and past her artistic prime. For a biography, see Collins (1977:12). This bowl was part of a lot of Juanita pottery sold at a general auction...
2004-01 Seedpot with Geometric Designs

2004-01 Seedpot with Geometric Designs

Hopi-Tewa seedpot with polychrome designs. The widest part of the jar is decorated with two triangular designs organized into four panels. Below this belt the jar is undecorated. Above this belt around the opening is a black and red panel of motifs incorporating rain...