Hopi Extraordinary Small Polychrome Seed Jar [SOLD]

Occasionally a small jar or bowl deserves the title "jewel" and that is what this small seed jar made by Sylvia Naha is.  It truly is a little jewel among pottery.  Every square inch is decorated with swirls, fine lines, feathers, triangles and other shapes to the point where one wonders how the potter achieved such a feat on such a small surface. The decorations go from the hole in the top to the bottom of the jar.

Sylvia Naha was the daughter of Helen and Archie Naha, and the granddaughter of Paqua Naha. Paqua was the first Frog Woman, and Helen, the first Feather Woman. After Helen Naha passed away, her daughter Sylvia inherited the title Feather Woman.  Sylvia passed away in August of 1999, at the age of 48. She signed her pottery with a feather and the initial S.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from a couple from Texas

Recommended Reading: Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies [1st ED/1st Print:] by Gregory and Angie Schaaf