The bowls have a squared-off shape, with rounded corners. These bowls may be similar to the bowls (“na ku yipi”), […]
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2005-16 Low-Shouldered Eagle-Tail Jar: Nampeyo’s Aesthetic Fully Realized
Of all the Nampeyo pots in this collection, jar 2005-16 best represents the fully-developed Sikyatki Revival aesthetic that marks […]
2005-15 Hanging Shallow Dish with Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This is one of the more carefully painted and graceful designs that I have seen by Laura Tomosie. Joy Sandino […]
2005-14 Shallow Dish with Handles and Bird Design
This is an elegant dish and one of the best examples in the collection of a design that perfectly fits […]
2005-13 Dipper Bowl – Kokopelli with Modern Design
This pot has interior figures of tracks, raincloud, kokopelli, corn, tadpoles, and a maiden with whorled hair. It has a […]
2005-12 Unfired Jar – Eagle-Tail/Swag Design
On 7/8/05, I stopped by Vernida’s home outside of Polacca to ask her if she had an unfired pot that […]
2005-11 Navajo Bowl with Painted Summer Hogon Scene
The inscribed and painted figures represent life around a summer hogon. Betty Manygoats lives in the Shonto-Cow Springs area of […]
2005-10 Tiny Bowl with Butterflies and Fret
It is said that Priscilla made the pot as a gift for the mother of the consigner about 20 years […]
2005-09 Small Jar with Awanyu Figure and Turquoise
Two delicate bands of paint, one white and one tan-red framed with black lines, encircle the neck of this pot. […]
2005-08 Elegant Basket-Formed Bowl
“Polingaysi,” the Hopi word for butterfly, is etched into the smooth rim of this pot—which was a fact not noticed […]
