2025-03 Avian effigy pot of a Hopi penguin

2025-03 Avian effigy pot of a Hopi penguin

Effigy

This large effigy is more pot than bird, perhaps the image of a flightless Hopi penguin.   It joins three other avian effigies in this collection: 1) 2019-06  by Michael Hawley, who was not Native, 2) 2020-08 by Bobbie Silas and 3) 2016-09 by Rachael Sahmie, Jean’s...
2025-02 Three katsinas carved plate

2025-02 Three katsinas carved plate

Kachina Design

Katsinas are powerful spirits that bring instruction and blessings to the people at Hopi.  The inventive tripartite carving on this plate highlights this power.  This plate is kiln-fired and thus lacks the blushing given by an outdoor dung firing.  I am not...
2025-01 Late 19th century Tawa ladle

2025-01 Late 19th century Tawa ladle

Kachina Design, Utility Pots

Ladle 2025-01 The handle is 2.125” wide at its widest. The handle is 0.6875” thick. The bowl is 0.25” thick. The bowl is 1.875” deep. Small and worn, this ladle displays an image of the Creator Tawa.  This image has a history, both at Hopi and in this collection: In...