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This design is a kaleidoscope of motion and perhaps ritual: two pairs of birds fly in rotation over a central hub. One authority interprets this pattern as having spirtual meaning, but it may be just a design. Once we have examined the pattern closely, we...
Effigy
Photographs: King Galleries This effigy of a Macaw parrot has historical roots that bridge two pueblos: Hopi and Zuni. On the one hand it was formed by a Hopi man and is closely modeled after examples from the ancient Hopi village of Sikyatki, like the one included...
Kachina Design
Photographs: Kin g Galleries The images on this vase are a prayer for blessing, not mere decoration. Yet it was made to be sold, so it is also marked by commercial decisions. Both its iconography and dual pueblos of origin are complicated. Form: The vessel...
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This is an ordinary, somewhat scratched, shallow dish with a simple design by “Huma,” presumably either Rosetta, Stella or Violet. It is, however, a clear example of an ancient pueblo design strategy called “isomeric design” (Ortman and...
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At first view this is a well-done but rather ordinary Hopi-Tewa pot. What is unusual is that this Hopi pot is made with Zuni clay at Zuni by a master Hopi potter. That simple statement summarizes the complicated life of its maker, Daisy Hooee Nampeyo. While this...
