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$595.00
Native American pottery | vintage Hopi pot in white clay slip with black over-slip in negative space ribbon pattern.
Made by Hopi Indian, Rainy (Rainell) Naha, whose Featherwoman hallmark is on the base, with "R" (for Rainy) appended. Rainy is Featherwoman Helen Naha's daughter. Acquired in 1987.
“Rainy Naha is a daughter of Helen Naha (1st Feather Woman) and the granddaughter of Paqua Naha (1st Frog Woman). Her siblings are Burel, Sylvia, and Rechenda. She signs her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mom and then adds the initial R.” - per Adobe Gallery
2.5" x 11.5" diameter.
$515.00
Native American pottery | Hopi Gwen Setalla pottery canteen. Tan slip with over-slip of corn plant and bird, twisted rush handle, corn cob stopper.
3 1/2" X 4 1/2" #PC29
Gwen Setalla was born into the Hopi Reservation in 1964. She is a member of the Bear Clan and the Water Clan. She signs her work with "Aas-Ku-Mana", which is Hopi for Mustard Juice Girl.
Pauline Setalla, Gwen’s mother, started Gwen working with clay using traditional techniques when Gwen was 5 years old. Gwen always reflects on what she learned as a child, that creating a pot, brings it to life and that the maker of the pot breathes life into the pot. This commands the pot maker to treat the pot respectfully.
For Gwen, every every pot she creates is accompanied by a silent prayer of thanks for being blessed with this talent.
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$950.00
Native American pottery | Navajo | Dine | Ida Sahmie Bowl. Polychrome, featuring Mother Earth and Father Sky, on apposite sides.
Ida Sahmie is an interesting potter because she was/is a Navajo who married a Hopi, despite a long history of rivalry between those two tribes. She adopted Hopi pottery styles based on her move to Hopiland and her in-law relationship to Priscilla Nampeyo. In this case, the pot was signed as Dine’ in 1999.
3" X 3.5" D #PE25
$1,290.00
The simple elegance of Preston Duwyennie's Hopi skills, including the inset silver chevron in his “shifting sands” motif, makes this shouldered seed pot a magnificent addition to any Native American pottery collection.
Preston’s given name is Lomaiquilvaa–Carried in Beauty. A name he was given after his initiation ceremony, when a family friend carried him home.
Preston was born in 1951 in Hotevilla, on Third Mesa of Hopiland. Preston describes his childhood as being surrounded with beauty. After an interlude of school and working in Phoenix, he enrolled in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Then, he attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where graduated with honors in 1984.
Ultimately, he gravitated back to the IAIA where he joined the faculty as a professor of traditional pottery and jewelry. In 1996, he chose to concentrate exclusively on his art.
Preston offers prayers to the earth while gathering his clay on his own. His inspiration is the beauty and strength of nature. While he uses pot-making techniques that have been practiced for centuries at Hopiland, his style is distinctly Preston Duwyenie’s. He is married to Debra Duwyenie of Santa Clara Pueblo, where lives with her.
8" diameter #PF46
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$890.00
Preston Duwyenie, Hopi, created this stunning apple-shaped seed pot in sparkly bronze micaceous slip, topped by a silver stopper using his “shifting sands” motif. Preston’s mark is barely visible on the base. 4" from base to tip of stopper.
Preston’s given name is Lomaiquilvaa–Carried in Beauty. A name he was given after his initiation ceremony, when a family friend carried him home.
Preston was born in 1951 in Hotevilla, on Third Mesa of Hopiland. Preston describes his childhood as being surrounded with beauty. After an interlude of school and working in Phoenix, he enrolled in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Then, he attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where graduated with honors in 1984.
Ultimately, he gravitated back to the IAIA where he joined the faculty as a professor of traditional pottery and jewelry. In 1996, he chose to concentrate exclusively on his art.
Preston offers prayers to the earth while gathering his clay on his own. His inspiration is the beauty and strength of nature. While he uses pot-making techniques that have been practiced for centuries at Hopiland, his style is distinctly Preston Duwyenie’s. He is married to Debra Duwyenie of Santa Clara Pueblo, where Preston lives with her.
8" diameter #PF46
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$1,270.00
Flat , micaceous slip seed pot in bronze color, with inlay of silver chevron in “shifting sands” motif, by Hopi Preston Duwyenie. 7" diameter
Preston’s given name is Lomaiquilvaa–Carried in Beauty. A name he was given after his initiation ceremony, when a family friend carried him home.
Preston was born in 1951 in Hotevilla, on Third Mesa of Hopiland. Preston describes his childhood as being surrounded with beauty. After an interlude of school and working in Phoenix, he enrolled in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Then, he attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where graduated with honors in 1984.
Ultimately, he gravitated back to the IAIA where he joined the faculty as a professor of traditional pottery and jewelry. In 1996, he chose to concentrate exclusively on his art.
Preston offers prayers to the earth while gathering his clay on his own. His inspiration is the beauty and strength of nature. While he uses pot-making techniques that have been practiced for centuries at Hopiland, his style is distinctly Preston Duwyenie’s. He is married to Debra Duwyenie of Santa Clara Pueblo, where Preston lives with her.
7" diameter #PF97
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$490.00
Native American Hopi Gwen Setalla pottery plate, with bear claw motif bracketed by corn plant and sunface symbols.
Gwen Setalla was born into the Hopi Reservation in 1964. She is a member of the Bear Clan and the Water Clan. She signs her work with "Aas-Ku-Mana", which is Hopi for Mustard Juice Girl.
Pauline Setalla, Gwen’s mother, started Gwen working with clay using traditional techniques when Gwen was 5 years old. Gwen always reflects on what she learned as a child, that creating a pot, brings it to life and that the maker of the pot breathes life into the pot. This commands the pot maker to treat the pot respectfully.
For Gwen, every every pot she creates is accompanied by a silent prayer of thanks for being blessed with this talent.
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6.25" diameter #PG04
$735.00
Pristine white slip over flat seed pot, with silver inlay in a chevron design, made by Preston Duwyenie of the Hopi people.
Preston’s given name is Lomaiquilvaa–Carried in Beauty. A name he was given after his initiation ceremony, when a family friend carried him home.
Preston was born in 1951 in Hotevilla, on Third Mesa of Hopiland. Preston describes his childhood as being surrounded with beauty. After an interlude of school and working in Phoenix, he enrolled in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Then, he attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where graduated with honors in 1984.
Ultimately, he gravitated back to the IAIA where he joined the faculty as a professor of traditional pottery and jewelry. In 1996, he chose to concentrate exclusively on his art.
Preston offers prayers to the earth while gathering his clay on his own. His inspiration is the beauty and strength of nature. While he uses pot-making techniques that have been practiced for centuries at Hopiland, his style is distinctly Preston Duwyenie’s. He is married to Debra Duwyenie of Santa Clara Pueblo, where Preston lives with her.
2" x 5" diameter #PH79
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$190.00
Native American Rachel Nampeyo Hopi pottery rattle, gourd shape, with miscellaneous feathers. We acquired this unusual, unsigned piece at IPCC in Albuquerque, who certified it’s maker, in 2003. 11" high
Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo is the great-great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano and great-granddaughter of Annie Healing Nampeyo, Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo learned her pottery making skills from her mother, Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo.
Rachel has been making pottery since 1970. She specializes in red-on-white body and black-and-red on yellow-body and black-body ceramics. She primarily uses the traditional styles and designs of her great-great-gandmother Nampeyo. She has also produced some Ancestral Puebloan-style corrugated pottery. She also likes to make tiles, ladles, parrot effigies, cylinders and historic recreations.
$1,350.00
Native American pottery by Helen Naha (d) Hopi olla pot, white slip with traditional Hopi designs Featherwoman hallmark on the base.
4.5" x 5.5" #W002
Helen Naha was the first Featherwoman. She was born in 1922 and married the son of Paqua Naha the first Frogwoman, becoming the sister-in-law of second Frogwoman, Joy Navasie. Helen's son, Burel,and daughters Rainy and Sylvia are esteemed potters in their own right.
Helen began making pottery around 1945, but it took a few years before her pieces attracted buyers. Many of Helen Naha's designs were based on material discovered in the ruins of Awatovi, a village that destroyed in the 17th century after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
Helen produced hand-coiled pottery with a high-polish, white slip and black and red designs. Helen signed her pots with a feather symbol in keeping with her identity as Featherwoman.
Helen Naha passed in 1993.
$5,000.00
P016 Native American pottery Hopi R. S. Nampeyo (probably Rachel) pot,
Modified melon shape with flared opening and symbolic Hopi figures around. They may signify the union of Navajo Rachel with her Hopi husband, an event that reflected her inclusion in the Nampeyo lineage.
The monogram RS Nampeyo is often identified as being that of Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo.
This pot was acquired by us in 1987 at the now extinct Shiwi Trading Post on Zuni Pueblo, making it a vintage piece. 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”
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