Abeita, Karen – Open Bowl with Embroidery Designs (1997)

3.75"w x 1.5"h

$ 175.00

Karen Abeita is known for her traditional and innovative Hopi-Tewa pottery.  This small bowl is fully polished on the inside and outside.  It has a design used on the embroidery on shawls and sashes during Hopi-Tewa dances.  The round design at the end of each pattern represents the tassels.  The bowl is painted with bee-weed (black) and red clay.  It was traditionally fired.  Karen is known for her very intricately painted pottery.  It is signed on the bottom in bee-weed, “Karen Abeita”.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.