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Subject: Cochiti Pueblo Pottery Canteen with Lizard Design

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:48pm
Cochiti Pueblo has a long history of producing figurative pottery. It reached its prime in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quart...
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Subject: Magnificent Large Laguna Pueblo Four-color Polychrome Olla

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:42pm
A very old paper note inside this jar is labeled Laguna and we tend to agree that it certainly could be a jar from Laguna Pueblo, circa 1880s. It i...
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Subject: Original Painting "When We've Met"

Category: Paintings | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:35pm
Jonny Hawk is a Creek/Seminole Indian from Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and has painted as a career. He paints with acrylic pain...
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Subject: Original Painting of Zuni Shalako Ceremony

Category: Paintings | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:29pm
Fred Cleveland is a member of the Bitter Water and Kayonnie clans. He was born in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation near Ganado, Arizona where his ...
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Subject: Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Olla, circa 1930s

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:22pm
Pottery has always been a central feature of the pueblo people, both for ceremonial and utilitarian purposes. Everything about the daily lives of t...
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Subject: Laguna Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Olla

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:12pm
It is quite often difficult to distinguish whether a pottery jar is from Acoma or Laguna Pueblo. Refugees from Acoma and other pueblos established ...
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Subject: Tewa Koosa Female Clown

Category: Paintings | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 2:05pm
Geraldine's mother, Helen Atencio, was from San Ildefonso Pueblo and her father, Frank Gutierrez, from Santa Clara Pueblo. Although she technically...
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Subject: Hopi Polychrome Seed Jar with Bird Design

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 1:56pm
This visually charming Hopi-Tewa jar demonstrates in style and technique all the hallmarks of a circa 1920s product. The shape is derived from the ...
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Subject: Polacca Polychrome Double Chamber Pottery Box

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 1:13pm
It has remained a mystery as to the use of these rectangular pottery boxes but it is generally thought there might have been a ceremonial purpose, ...
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Subject: Hopi Polychrome Small Storage Jar

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 1:06pm
This wonderful Hopi polychrome small storage jar was probably made in the first half of the 20th century and could have been made by a member of th...
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Subject: Hopi White-slipped Wedding Vessel

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 12:32pm
Joy Navasie is among the most famous of Hopi-Tewa potters. She learned the skill from her famous mother, Paqua Naha, the first Frog Woman. Paqua de...
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Subject: Hopi Polychrome High-shoulder Seed Jar

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Fri, May 31st 2013, 12:25pm
Jean is a daughter of Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo and the granddaughter of Rachel Namingha Nampeyo. Her great grandmother was Annie Healing Nampeyo,...
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