Hopi Polychrome Bowl with Palhikmana Katsina Image [SOLD]

Sadie Adams' Hopi name is Flower Woman and she signed her pottery with a flower symbol.  She was a Hopi-Tewa of the Kachina/Parrot Clans and lived in the Tewa village at First Mesa on the reservation. 

She was recognized by collectors and her contemporaries as an outstanding potter. She had a long, successful career making and selling pottery on the reservation and supported her family in this manner following the death of her husband.

She was very versatile in the pottery she made—jars bowls, lamps, tiles, cookie jars, plates, cups and saucers—that it is no wonder that she has such large collector enthusiasts today.  She made something for everybody's budget and desires.

This bowl is one of her major masterpieces.  It is large, beautifully formed, and exquisitely painted with the image of the full version of the Palhikmana Katsina on the interior.  On the exterior, she placed stylized Sikyatki-like birds around the rim.  She signed the bowl with her flower hallmark.

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: Hopi Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf