Naha, Rainy – Small Vase with Flower Designs (1990s)
$ 600.00
This jar is one of Rainy’s most famous shapes with a round body and elongated neck. The entire pieces is polished with a white clay slip. The design on the body of the jar is a star and flower pattern. It is painted across the entire surface. It is a pattern which was one that was used by her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. Rainy seeks out many of her clay slips to create the various colors. Each of her pieces is also traditionally fired which gives the white a very pearlescent appearance. It is signed on the bottom with a feather and “Rainy”.
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This jar is one of Rainy’s most famous shapes with a round body and elongated neck. The entire pieces is polished with a white clay slip. The design on the body of the jar is a star and flower pattern. It is painted across the entire surface. It is a pattern which was one that was used by her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. Rainy seeks out many of her clay slips to create the various colors. Each of her pieces is also traditionally fired which gives the white a very pearlescent appearance. It is signed on the bottom with a feather and “Rainy”.
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Naha, Rainy (1949-2026)
Rainy Naha
Rainy Naha learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen "Featherwoman" Naha, and Rainy was the granddaughter of Hopi-Tewa pottery matriarch Paqua Naha, the first "Frogwoman." The traditional designs of her pottery go back to the early works made by Paqua. Her sister Sylvia and brother Burel Naha are also well-known potters, and they use much the same styles and colors as Rainy. Each piece of Rainy's work is made in the traditional hand-coiled method, then shaped, sanded, and polished before painting with bee-weed (black) and native clay slips and native fired. Rainy was an innovative voice among Hopi-Tewa potters. She won numerous awards, including "Best of Pottery" at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2007. She signed her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mother and then added her first name.