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Helen Naha was a Hopi-Tewa of the Spider Clan.  She was a self-taught potter who developed her own designs and styles primarily based on prehistoric pottery shards from the Awatowi ruins.

She and Joy Navasie (Frog Woman) were sisters-in-law.  Helen married Joy Navasie's brother, Archie Naha. Helen was known for her stark black-on-white Hopi pottery early in her career and for exquisite polychrome pots in later times. Her signature is comprised of a feather design.

Read more about this pottery here.