2015-09 Gourd jar

2015-09 Gourd jar

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Jar 2015-09 features a narrow waist that almost divides the vessel in two and results in a round ball-shaped top resting on a wide-shouldered bottom. It’s an unusual and dramatic shape. Given the small opening, one supposes that the top and bottom were fabricated...
2015-08 Kiva jar with wooden katchina and ladder

2015-08 Kiva jar with wooden katchina and ladder

Kachina Design

This is a unique pairing of clay jar and wooden carving. Their combination is a demonstration of the creative talent of Randall Sahmie and a reminder of what we have lost too soon. The jar is almost undecorated and is in the shape of an ovoid pressed slightly flat....
2015-07 Small ant pot

2015-07 Small ant pot

Folk Art Other Animal Design

Daisy seems to have invented small “ant pots” like 2015-07 and related an engaging story that made them attractive to buyers. Barbara Kramer relates this story, having been told it (I think) by Daisy, though the citation is not clear: “Long ago, (Grandmother...
2015-05 Carved Katchina ceremony bowl

2015-05 Carved Katchina ceremony bowl

Kachina Design

I am not particularly attracted to Hopi pottery that is carved, a type apparently originating in the 1970s with the work of Tom Polacca. Indeed the two examples of his work in this collection(2005-09 and 2009-18) are early works before he began carving his pots. The...