2005-12 Unfired Jar – Eagle-Tail/Swag Design

2005-12 Unfired Jar – Eagle-Tail/Swag Design

Eagle Tail Design

On 7/8/05, I stopped by Vernida’s home outside of Polacca to ask her if she had an unfired pot that I might purchase to help illustrate the process of creating Hopi pots. She did not have any completed unfired pots, but she did have two undecorated and unfired pots...
2005-08 Elegant Basket-Formed Bowl

2005-08 Elegant Basket-Formed Bowl

Utility Pots

“Polingaysi,” the Hopi word for butterfly, is etched into the smooth rim of this pot—which was a fact not noticed by the auction house that sold it. The basket into which the clay was pressed had 16 coils; the bottom few coils of clay on the outside of the pot appear...