2020-04 Snake dance mural jar

2020-04 Snake dance mural jar

Kachina Design

This is a painted pot, but it is more accurately described as a complex mural painted on a pot.  Two central rituals of Hopi religious life are depicted: On the flank of the jar dancers celebrate the bi-annual Snake Dance, On the upper surface of the jar the water...
2020-03 Small Flying Birds Seedjar

2020-03 Small Flying Birds Seedjar

Folk Art Bird Design

Jar 2011-28 made ca. 1900-1905 This small seedjar jar sits firmly on a table, but it does not sit alone. Rachael used 100+ year-old jar 2011-28 in this collection as a model for pot 2020-03, but also exercised her artistic license to modify both the form and design as...