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This tiny pot is untraditional in almost every respect. Like other Delmar pots, it is probably kiln-fired. It may have been formed by some method other than coiling and it was not stone-polished, as would be typical of a Tewa-Hopi pot. The finish is particular and the...
Utility Pots
Although the graceful Sikyatki revival avian design is well painted, it can hardly be seen because of the poor firing that evenly smudged both the front and back of this shallow bowl. The bowl is badly cracked. The crack is more visible from the back than front. The...
Effigy
Unpainted, highly burnished and kiln-fired with a sloped lip and graceful shape, the pot is of a style unique to “Al Q.” Note that the ears of corn are formed by pushing the wet clay from the inside and then carving the raised external clay. Born in 1938 and raised in...
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Hopi-Tewa Sikyatki revival bowl with abstract avian design floated on a slipped clay body. The external rim is encircled by a split triple-lobed design repeated seven times The extra rim coil, use of background space, internal structure of the design, and impulsive...
Man Eagle Design
This bowl has a variation of the “man eagle” (Kwatoko) design floated on the clay body, rim dots and a simple exterior design, circa 1910-1912 (?). The extra rim coil indicates that the pot was formed by Nampeyo. Design elements indicate it was probably painted by her...
