This is an intricately carved large seedpot by Thomas Polacca.  Thomas was a son of noted potter Fannie Nampeyo and a grandson of Nampeyo of Hano.  He is considered among the first men to begin making pottery at Hopi in the 1970s.  Interestingly, the men initially did not use the traditional Sikyatki designs but followed other directions in their pottery.  This seedpot is deeply carved with a Hano Mana Katsina on the top.  She is surrounded by a complex feather pattern.  The Hano Mana is also called Tewa Girl.  She appears in the pre-planting season Bean Dance. She represents the hope and wishes for a good harvest, enough to eat over the next winter, and a good luck symbol is the corn she is usually seen carrying.  Here she is depicted holding a basket.  The piece is carved at various levels.  Additional incised designs are on the surface of the carved areas.  The seedpot is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  The piece is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Tom Polacca”.  It is from the late 1990s.