Hopi Tewa Pottery

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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Vernida Polacca (Nampeyo) is Nampeyo of Hano's great-granddaughter, the daughter of Harold Polacca Nampeyo, Sr. (Tewa) and Alice Polacca (Pima) and sister to renown potters Clinton and Reva. Her work is traditionally coiled and fired. She travels around the country exhibiting at major shows and likes to demonstrate her techniques. Her reputation is growing very quickly.

Vernida created this beautiful Nampeyo family migration pattern on this hand coiled, traditionally shaped and fired pot measuring 5 inches tall by 8 inches wide. A little bit of very soft blush from being fired in the traditional way outdoors using dung - hand coiled, hand painted. Your price$925 - Item #H166 Click here to see an enlargement.

At bottom, right, is a classic migration pattern, polychrome pot measuring 4.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches wide. Your price $450 ~ Item #H186.

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Reva Polacca Nampeyo Ami is Nampeyo of Hano's great-granddaughter, the daughter of Harold Polacca Nampeyo, Sr. (Tewa) and Alice Polacca (Pima) and sister to renown potters Clinton and Vernida. Reva has been making pottery since 1980 and was taught by her father. Most of her pottery is decorated with traditional Nampeyo family fine line designs - migration patterns or eagle tails.

At bottom is a nice, full bodied vase with the Nampeyo migration pattern - very well done and measuring 5.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #H195.

Reva's work is hand coiled, hand painted and traditionally fired using sheep dung. Her brother,Clinton Polacca, and sister Vernida, are also highly acclaimed potters. Her work is included in "Hopi-Tewa Pottery" by Dr. Gregory Schaaf and Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery".

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Donna Robertson Navasie has been an active potter since 1990 working with black and red on white. She is the grand daughter of Joy Navasie (second Frog Woman, Yellow Flower) and the daughter of Marianne Navasie thus she is part of a very rich Hopi-Tewa tradition of creating fine pottery.

At top, left, is an excellent piece of Donna's red and black on white work. It has perfect shape, fine graphics and solid colors. The pot measures 6.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches wide. Your price $425 ~ Item #H168

Donna's work is included in many publications including Rick Dillingham’s "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery" and Dr. Gregory Schaaf’s "Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies".

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Colleen Poleahla, Fire/Coyote Clan, has been an active potter since 1977 working with black and white on yellow jars, seedpots, wedding vases, cylinder vases and ladles. She is the daughter of Bert and Freida Poleahla and her mother taught her how to make traditional Hopi pottery. Her work is published in "Colleen Poleahla: A Hopi Potter," by L. S. Scala; The Hopi-Navajo Observer (September 17, 1997); and in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book "Hopi-Tewa Pottery". Plates are often made as wedding gifts between Hopi-Tewa families. This is a beautiful piece with excellent shape and well executed graphics with rich colors. It measures 9.5 inches in diameter. Your price $395 ~ Item H219.

I met Colleen in February, 1998, while she was displaying some of her pottery at the First Mesa Visitors Center. She told me, "My pots are my children. They talk to me when I work the clay. They are my life. I work in the old traditional way, with a yucca brush and sheep dung firing." Colleen Poleahla is an innovator. She shares an intimate relationship with her pottery. A potter, she explained, needs to express good thoughts and prayers. She talks to her pots in a good way. Although she is yet to be widely exhibited, the quality of her work is exceptional. Dr. Gregory Schaaf, "Hopi-Tewa Pottery", pp. 130-131.

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Mariam Tewaguna Nampeyo has been an active potter since the 1970s.

"I started making pottery at the age of 26 years old. I learned from my mother Elva Tewayguna. I make annual shows at Eight Northern, which has been for the past 11 years. I have never entered any of my pots for prizing. Most of my work is sold to private collectors and a few retail stores. The designs I use are fine-line, four way hanging, eagle-tail and thunderbird."

This is a very nice eagle wing migration pattern pot measuring 4 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $250 ~ Item #H204.

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