Folk Art Other Animal Design
If pot 2010-10 is a Zuni pot that looks Hopi, this bowl by Maya David is the reverse: a Hopi pot that looks Zuni. Stepped edge bowls are known at Hopi, but they are unusual. (See 2000-01, 2005-17 and 2005-18.) Such bowls are frequently made at Zuni. Frogs are a common...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
“This beautiful bowl was potted by Daisy and painted by her daughter Shirley Benn. The outside is painted with traditional Nampeyo family designs, but the inside of the bowl features a frog surrounded by tadpoles, one of which is well on his way to becoming a frog. It...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
Bowl 2010-23 is a variation of the “bird hanging from sky band” design of Sikyatki origin that was adopted by Nampeyo (see 1993-04) and became an iconic design for her (see Appendix B). Steve’s version is particularly elegant and delicate. Note that the entire outside...
Folk Art Butterfly Design
The design on pot 2010-10 is the iconic Grace Chapella design. The 1977 catalog of a pottery exhibit held in her honor shows her holding such a pot (Collins 1977:9). On the website of the collection I publish a photograph of a Grace Chapella pot with this same design...
