Navasie, Leona – Small Water Jar with Sikyatki Birds (1970s)

Leona Navasie (b. 1939) is a daughter of Joy “Frog Woman” Navasie and a granddaughter of Paqua Naha.  She began making pottery in the 1960s.  This is one of the few pieces of her pottery we have had in the gallery.  The piece has a round shoulder and an elongated neck.  There are clouds painted above the shoulder. Around the sides are swirling Sikyatki bird wings.  The jare is painted with bee-weed and red clay slip.  The piece was traditionally fired.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom with a frog hallmark and the letters, “LN”.