Hopi Polychrome Slotted Pottery Tile Pair by Mark Tahbo [SOLD]

Mark Tahbo has taken the standard Hopi flat pottery tile tradition and slotted two of them so they can be inserted into each other to stand without assistance.  He has painted traditional Hopi designs of geometrics and Katsina figures on both front and back of each tile so there are eight images shown. One of the images, however, shows the name "Silver Plume Trading Company," obviously a special order.

Tahbo is the great-grandson of famous Hopi potter Grace Chapella, and the grandson of her daughter Alma Tahbo.  His siblings are potters too.  Grace Chapella, of course, is famous for living to 106 years and continuing to make pottery past her 100th birthday.

Condition: as new

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque