Canteens, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana
10.0625” front to back (though the “flat” back is not actually flat, so this distance varies). 12.125” from spout to bottom, including the 1.5” spout. 11.3125” wide. This is a huge canteen, only somewhat smaller than the large utility canteen that is also part of this...
Bird Hanging from Sky Band Design
This is a simple and somewhat thick shallow bowl of undistinguished form. It is interesting in this collection because it is signed “Grace” for “Grace Chapella” and this offers the collection a rendition of the “bird hanging from sky band” design that is by a...
Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design, Kachina Design
The height includes 0.75” height of the stopper in the canteen. The width includes two 1.25” handles, The depth (front to back) measurement includes the 1” nose. Both prehistoric and historic canteens with hooked noses are known. See the cover of Dittert and Plog...
Folk Art Other Animal Design
Small pots painted with ant images seem to have been the invention of Daisy Hooee Nampeyo who correctly believed that they and their story would appeal to tourists. See 2015-07 for the story as told by Grandmother Nampeyo to children and an example of this style pot...
