Naha, Rainy – Jar with Ten Tumbling Hummingbirds
$ 1,700.00
This is a new jar by Rainy Naha. The jar is coil-built and thin-walled. This design, which included “interlocking” or “tumbling” birds, originated from Rainy Naha. This piece has a very round shoulder and a sloping neck. This shape allows both the top and bottom parrots to be easily seen. The piece is fully polished with a white clay slip and then there are five sections of interlocking hummingbirds above the shoulder and five below, for a total of ten. Each bird is painted with various Hopi-Tewa designs and then additional clay slips for the color. Note the variety of designs in the birds and the four directional color sets creating “feathers”. This is a striking piece that is fully painted. Rainy uses bee-weed (black) and natural clay slips for her colors. The jar is traditionally fired. Rainy learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. The jar is signed on the bottom with the feather hallmark and “Rainy”. Rainy has won numerous awards for her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Market and her work continues to be a creative inspiration in Hopi-Tewa pottery.
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This is a classic jar by Rainy Naha. The jar is coil-built and thin-walled. This design, which included “interlocking” or “tumbling” birds, originated from Rainy Naha. This piece has a very round shoulder and a sloping neck. This shape allows both the top and bottom parrots to be easily seen. The piece is fully polished with a white clay slip and then there are five sections of interlocking hummingbirds above the shoulder and five below, for a total of ten. Each bird is painted with various Hopi-Tewa designs and then additional clay slips for the color. Note the variety of designs in the birds and the four directional color sets creating “feathers”. This is a striking piece that is fully painted. Rainy uses bee-weed (black) and natural clay slips for her colors. The jar is traditionally fired. Rainy learned to make pottery from her mother, Helen “Featherwoman” Naha. The jar is signed on the bottom with the feather hallmark and “Rainy”. Rainy has won numerous awards for her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Market and her work continues to be a creative inspiration in Hopi-Tewa pottery.
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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.