Polychrome Seed Jar of Modernist Design [SOLD]

In the 1960s and 1970s, Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo worked with her mother, Rachel Namingha, and painted on her pottery the traditional Sikyatki designs made famous by the Nampeyo family. She continued this for a number of years, yet she never repeated the same design ever, according to her.  Later she developed her own unique style of design which she continued using throughout her career.

In this seed jar, Dextra adhered to the traditional square enclosing the round opening as seen in other Sikyatki revival designs used by Nampeyo, but then she departed from the Sikyatki designs and created her own.  There is one design repeated four times, once on each leg of the inner square element.  The dark black triangle of each design is capped with rows of black squares in a checkerboard arrangement and then tipped with a small amount of red outlined in black.    The square surrounding the opening is of similar design.  This seed jar is Dextra at her best, simple and elegant.

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading: Painted Perfection: The Pottery of Dextra Quotskuyva by Martha Struever

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque