Hopi Pueblo Polychrome Jar by Frog Woman [SOLD]
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- Category: Historic
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: clay, pigment
- Size: 6-1/4” height x 8” diameter
- Item # C3901A SOLD
It is always a pleasure to see good documentation associated with an older pottery acquisition. A potter’s signature is always welcome but additional documentation is even more valuable.
This jar is signed with the frog hallmark of the first Frog Woman, Paqua Naha, distinguished from the hallmark of her daughter, Joy Navasie. Paqua’s hallmark frog has distinct and individual lines for toes. Joy’s hallmark frog has webbed feet.
This jar additionally has a decal attached to the base that reads The Indian Store, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also, there is an index card from the previous collector that states “Purchased in ~1920 by Mrs. M. Johnson—Wanamaker heiress.”
The Hopi Pueblo Polychrome Jar by Frog Woman is a beautiful vessel shape with an expanding body that rolls inward to a tall vertical neck. There are wide framing lines above and below the design panel, a brown rim, and a highly complex design executed in brown and red on the cream slip. It is an exceptional jar by Paqua Naha.
Condition: very good condition
Provenance: from an estate in Alexandria, Virginia.
Recommended Reading: Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham
- Category: Historic
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: clay, pigment
- Size: 6-1/4” height x 8” diameter
- Item # C3901A SOLD
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