Abeita, Karen – Jar with Swirling Birds and Shard Designs (2004) Ribbon
$ 2,000.00
Karen Abeita is known for her traditional and innovative Hopi-Tewa pottery. This large jar is coil-built and painted with bee-weed (black) and a red clay slip and then traditionally fired. The jar has a low shoulder and sloping sides. There are three bands of pottery shard or Hopi-sash designs. Separating them are complex swirling Sikyatki birds. Each of these sections is different. The jar was traditionally fired to create the blushes. It is signed on the bottom in bee-weed, “Karen Abeita”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Karen Abeita is known for her traditional and innovative Hopi-Tewa pottery. This bowl is coil-built and painted with bee-weed (black) and a red clay slip and then traditionally fired. The piece has a wide shoulder. There are two small old-style hummingbirds on the bowl. Next to them are the colorful hummingbird tails. The bowl was traditionally fired to create the blushes. It is signed on the bottom in bee-weed, “Karen Abeita”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Abeita, Karen (b. 1960)
Karen Abeita
Karen Abeita’s mother was Lenora Nahoodyce Abeyta and her father, Isidor Abeita, Sr., was from Isleta Pueblo. Her maternal family is from the Kachina-Parrot Clan at Hopi. She is known for her intricately painted pottery and use of traditional designs and techniques. She has won numerous awards for her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Indian Market and other events.