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    Posted 6 years ago

    kwqd
    (1119 items)

    Since I posted a modest mystery pot, I thought I'd post a non-modest non-mystery pot from my collections. Antoinette Silas, 12" high x 14" wide, Hopi. She is a member of the Kachina and Parrot Clan of the Tewa Village, Hopi Tribe. I actually inherited this pot from my aunt. She lived in San Francisco where I visited her a few times. I got a call from her one day asking if I had ever noticed this pot and I proceeded to tell exactly where it was sitting in her condo. She asked me if I wanted it. Duh.

    Some biographical information and an artist statement here:

    http://www.ancientnations.com/Gallery%20HTML/antoinette_silas_honie_sik_bowl.html

    Information about Hopi pottery from this commercial site:

    https://kinggalleries.com/product-category/hopi-pottery/

    "Hopi-Tewa pottery is created on the Hopi Reservation which is located in northeastern Arizona. It is an area that is surrounded by the Navajo Reservation. Hopi consists of three Mesas, each of which has several villages. The Hopi-Tewa people speak the Tewa language and are primarily located in First Mesa in the villages of Hano and Polacca. They are descendants of the Tewa speaking Pueblo people of New Mexico who came to the Mesa around the time of the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. It is this group of artisans who are best known for their decorative pottery, especially the revival pottery of the ancient Sikyatki forms and designs. Sikyatki was located at the base of First Mesa. The pottery is carefully hand constructed using the coil and scrape techniques their ancestors taught them. The paints used are from naturally occurring materials. For example, black paint is made by boiling Bee-weed for a long time until it becomes very dark and thick. It is then dried into little cakes which are wrapped in corn husk until ready for use. The intricate and beautiful designs are painted freehand using a yucca leaf brush. The red and other colors are from natural clay slips. The pots are then fired in the open air out on the mesa using sheep dung and cedar as a heat source."

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    1. Newfld Newfld, 6 years ago
      Gorgeous intricate design
    2. Alan2310 Alan2310, 6 years ago
      Beautiful acquisition and a very nice&kind aunt.
    3. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks for the comments and loves and like, guys. My aunt had very good taste. I inherited several nice pieces from her. Another nice thing was a late 18th century sterling silver cruet or liqueur set, carved crystal bottles with sterling hardware mounted on them sitting in a large sterling tray with carrying handle all made in Cheshire, England. I took that to an antiques road show a dozen years ago and they said it was the nicest thing that they had seen that day.
    4. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for clicking the button for my Silas pot Elisabethan, LovelyPat, Alan2310, blunderbuss2, KKKKKK, SpiritBear, aura, Jenni, fortapache, ho2cultcha, Tigra and Anik!

      Just catching up on acknowledging some old loves, etc.!
    5. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 4 years ago
      And I still love it :) it is a beauty!
    6. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for your comment Elizabethan! I am going to rephotograph this one soon. Going back and cleaning up some of my old images since I put myself on an online auction budget and not going to thrift store due to The Virus.

      Thanks for loving my pot Elisabethan, bracken3 and MALKEY!
    7. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for taking a look at my pot Vynil33rpm!
    8. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Thanks, Subi450!

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