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Hopi Tewa

Pueblo Pottery Maine presents traditional and contemporary pottery by Hopi artists including Tonita Hamilton Nampeyo, Burel Naha, Nona Naha, Stetson Setalla, Gwen Setalla, Dolly Joe Navasie, Donna Navasie Robertson, Marianne Navasie, Gloria Mahle, Clinton Nampeyo, Adelle Lalo Nampeyo, Reva Polacca Ami, Neva Polacca Choyou, Carla Claw Nampeyo, Roberta Youvella Silas, James Garcia Nampeyo, Vernida Polacca, Venora Silas, Dorothy Ami, Venora Silas, and Dawn Navasie


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Copyright Paul LuiseStetson M. Setalla is of the Bear Clan and has been an active potter since 1980. He is from the village of Sichomovi, which is one of the three villages known as First Mesa (Polacca). His father, Justin Setalla, is from Sichomovi village and his mother, Pauline Setalla, is from Mishongnovi Village (Second Mesa). He comes from a long line of Hopi potters which includes Agnes Navasie (grandmother), Eunice Navasie (aunt), Agnes Nahsonhoya, and Dee Setalla (sisters).

1a1cThe pot, at right, measures 7 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide with beautiful solid Sikyatki polychrome designs and Ho-bo-bo spirals. Your price $1050 ~ Item #H157 Click here to see an enlargement.

Stetson exhibits at many of competitions throughout the Southwest. His work is featured in Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery" and Dr, Gregory Schaaf's "Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies". It is included in Heard Museum and the Museum of Indian Arts & Cultures (Santa Fe, New Mexico) collections.

"I was 19 yrs old I when I first started making pottery, my mother Pauline was my mentor," Stetson states in his biography. "It started out as a hobby, but today it has become my main source of income. I give a lot of credit to my mother who was very patient and gave me guidance and love in where I am today. But most important, pottery making gives me a sense of serenity, self-worth, pride and inner peace with my sole. As I work my pots, I clear my mind of all bad thoughts by concentrating and praying to my clay. Good thoughts and a good heart are essential in working with your clay because you are creating yourself in each pot as you coil and when you are ready to paint the pot, a clear mind and good heart is crucial in assisting you with your painting, because the designs flow through your mind into your hand and onto your pot without difficulty." - Stetson Setalla

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Frog WomanJoy “Frog Woman” Navasie was born in 1919 and an active potter from 1935 to 1995. She is still alive but retired and no longer able to produce pottery. Joy is the daughter of Paqua Naha, known as the original Frog Woman, who was credited for originating the white slip styled Hopi pottery. Just a few years before she passed away, Paqua developed the white ware pottery style that Joy and her daughters have continued to use. Paqua’s trademark was the frog symbol and it was passed down to Joy in 1939. Joy’s frog symbol has long webbed feet and Paqua’s had short toes. Joy used this trademark from the time she was 20. She was one of the most prolific Hopi potters of her day. Click the following link to learn more about the Frog Woman tradition. At top is a beautiful Joy Navasie pot measuring 5.5 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide. Excellent execution and solid colors. Your price $1895 ~ Item H208. Click here to see an enlargement.

Frog WomanJoy is related to many famous Hopi artists including Burel Naha, Stetson Setalla (above), (nephews), Sylvia Naha, Fawn Navasie (nieces), Marianne and Loretta Navasie (daughters), Charles Navasie (grandson) and Donna Robertson Navasie (granddaughter) . She was teacher to several in the Navasie family including Marianne, Leona, Maynard, Loretta and Charles. The pot ar left measures 5 inches tall by 6.25 inches wide and includes a photo of Joy holding the piece. Your price $1400 ~ Item #H215. Click here to see an enlargement.

Joy's work is included in many fine collections both private and public (Northern Arizona Museum, Heard Museum to name a few) and innumerable books and periodicals. Because she no longer produces pottery, her fame and her advanced years, Joy's work has become one of the most sought out of any pueblo potter over the last 10 years becoming increasingly rare on the open market.

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Sylvia NahaSylvia Naha has been an active Tewa potter since 1965 working with black and red on white pots and bowls. She is the daughter of Helen Naha and great-granddaughter of Paqua Naha (the first Feather Woman), sister of Burel and Rainy Naha. Her work is widely collected and considered top tier in Hopi-Tewa collecting.

This polychrome pot has a black & white lizard on one side of the top upper half of the pot on other top side of pot is a corn plant motif. Black & white swirl patterns decorate the lower half of the pot. It measures 3.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide and is an excellent value as well as a great addition to any collection. It has a faint fire cloud on one side from its traditional outdoor pit firing. Your price $1400 ~ Item #H211. Click here to see an enlargement.

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Verla Dewakuku has been an active potter since 1970 working with polychrome bowls, jars, and plates. Her favorite designs are Sikyatki designs, rain clouds, parrot feathers and Twin War Gods footprints.At right is an owl pot measuring 4 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your price $150 ~ Item #H180

Verla lives in the ancient Tewa village atop First Mesa with the village of Polacca below. Looking out from First Mesa she works creating her pottery in the traditional way making it with clay hand dug from Hopi land. After weeks of processing the stone hard clay by hand, she creates the pot using the coil and scrape method that has its origins in prehistoric times.She stone burnishes the pottery and then paints on the ancient designs using paints derived from other clays, crushed minerals and boiled down vegetation such as wild spinach or Bee weed which yield a black paint. All her pots are fired in the traditional way using wood and sheep manure.

Verla is very proud of her work and loves to point out what each graphic means in the Hopi culture such as feathers, kiva steps, wind,waves, water, lightening and creatures such as eagles and owls. These pots are filled with Hopi graphics that tell of their rich culture and religious tradition. Verla is petite and moves about her pottery on a kitchen table like a hummingbird around a cluster of honeysuckle flowers. Her work is traditional and solid, old fashioned in that it is not of the caliber that fetches several hundred dollars per piece. Still, it is authentic Hopi with a flaw here and there that is harmonious with the natural order where all is perfect in its imperfection. Verla gives thanks to Mother Earth and all our relations when she creates a piece and prays that the receiver of her pottery will be blessed. She makes pottery with a good heart and that is real Hopi.

Above, left, is a nice pot with varied graphics measuring 3.25 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Your price $150 ~ Item #H181.

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