Lansing, Bob – 7″ Tall Jar with Buffalo, Eagle, and Wolf (2013)

Robert (Bob) Lansing (b. 1966), Navajo is the son of noted weaver Helen Benally Lansing and Dan Lansing, a noted Navajo Medicine Man. Robert remembers his father as a “healer of minds”. Robert’s work is deeply influenced by his father, grandfather, and brother-in-law, William Yazzie. Yazzie, a well-known Navajo potter, taught Bob the skills of carving pottery.  This piece is made from White Haggie porcelain from Salt Lake City and etched with designs.  The jar is carved around the shoulder and the neck.  The area above the shoulder is etched with design. There is a bufflao on one side, and an eagle on the other.  Separating them are etched feather designs.  The feathers are VERY small. The jar has an etched wolf on the bottom of the piece.  It is very intricately designed.  It is signed, “Bob Lansing” and dated 2013.  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.