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This jar is a teaching mural of Hopi pottery making. I asked Rachael Sahmie to make an unfired pot for me that 1) showed its rough, unsanded surface, 2) showed the surface after sanding, 3) had a section that was stone-polished but not painted, and 4) had a polished...
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This collection is particularly focused on Nampeyo and her descendants, thus the Nampeyo aesthetic is well represented. Jar 2018-12 is an interesting addition to this collection since it displays an attractive design that follows rules of beauty that are independent...
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This is a well-formed vase with unusually thick walls and is thus unexpectedly heavy for its size. It seems to have been vertically polished with a smooth stone. This is more difficult than the usual random stone polishing, but gives the finished pot a subtle,...
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Nathan Begaye was a brilliant, iconoclastic potter and this pot is representative of his best work. Thirty years after I first saw it and tried to buy it, it finally entered my collection. The form: The walls of this pot are thin, but not as thin as those of 2013-01...
Kachina Design
The depth (front to back) varies from 2.875″ at base to 1.875′ at the necklace to 1.5625′ at the chin and 0.875″ at the tabula. Nampeyo made figurative jars (2007-16 and 2013-14). Nathan Begaye modeled an extraordinary maiden figure (2019-20),...
