Dashee, Alice – Jar with Birds and Bird Wing Designs

8"w x 6"h

$ 525.00

Alice Dahsee is from Walpi, First Mesa at Hopie and she began making pottery in 1970.  This jar has a narrow base, a wide shoulder, and a nearly flat top with a small rim. The top of the jar has two birds along with bird tail designs.  The sides of the jar are fully painted with bird wing designs.  The jar is painted with bee-weed (black) and a red clay slip.  It was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface.  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Alice”.