Naha, Rainy – Bowl with Star and Raincloud Design
$ 700.00
Rainy Naha is known for her delicately painted Hopi-Tewa pottery. This bowl is one of her classic shapes with a wide shoulder and sloping top. The design is the “Awatovi Star” pattern on the top and bottom. It is surrounded by rain and basket designs on the side. The bowl has been traditionally fired creating some variation to the color. There is a subtle fired cloud that certainly adds to the beauty of the piece. It is tightly painted using bee-weed (black) on a white kaolin clay surface. There is a balance of the design on the surface as the piece is turned which is simply beautiful! It is signed on the bottom with a feather and her name.
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Rainy Naha is known for her delicately painted Hopi-Tewa pottery. This bowl is one of her classic shapes with a wide shoulder and sloping neck. The design is the “Awatovi Star” pattern, which was revived by her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. Awatovi is one of the ruins near Hopi where a white slipped style of pottery was made. It is a fascinating place as it was where Coronado made contact with the Hopi in 1540. During the excavations in the 1930s, the whiteware pottery was rediscovered. It was the imagery from this work which inspired much of Helen’s early pottery, as opposed to the more classic Sikyatki inspired pottery of Nampeyo of Hano. This bowl has the “Awatovi Star” pattern painted on the top and the bottom. Around the shoulder is her “eternity band” design. The bowl has been traditionally fired creating some variation to the color. There is a subtle fired cloud that certainly adds to the beauty of the piece. It is tightly painted using bee-weed (black) on a white kaolin clay surface. There is a balance of the design on the surface as the piece is turned which is simply beautiful! It is signed on the bottom with a feather and her name.
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Naha, Rainy (b. 1949)
Rainy Naha
Rainy Naha learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen "Featherwoman" Naha, and Rainy is the granddaughter of Hopi-Tewa pottery matriarch Paqua Naha, the first "Frogwoman." The traditional designs of her pottery go back to the early works made by Paqua. Her sister Sylvia and brother Burel Naha are also well-known potters, and they use much the same styles and colors as Rainy. Each piece of Rainy's work is made in the traditional hand-coiled method, then shaped, sanded, and polished before painting with bee-weed (black) and native clay slips and native fired. Rainy continues to innovate and also creates her voice among Hopi-Tewa potters. She has won numerous awards, including "Best of Pottery" at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2007. She signs her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mom and then adds her first name. We are pleased to carry Rainy in our Gallery both in Scottsdale and Santa Fe.