1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Canteens
Hopi-Tewa Sikyatki Revival canteen by Nampeyo with a worn design from long-term use and attached worn Germantown sash, ca 1900-1905. Photographs by A.C. Vroman (Webb & Weinstein, 1973) taken at about the date that 2009-10 was made show the interior on Nampeyo’s...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Hand and Foot Design, Polacca Ware
This small, unsigned pot has a classic Polacca crackled slip on the interior and is decorated with a monochromatic image of a foot with design elements that perhaps represent migration paths. (Note: A Pahana’s interpretation of the “meaning” of a design is dubious, at...