Sylvia Naha created pieces with the white clay polished surface painted with bee-weed (black) and native clay slips.  Throughout the 1980’s, Sylvia was considered among the most innovative of the Hopi potters.  Her pieces were classic in form and amazingly intricate in design.  This seedpot is a “miniature” version of complicated “shard” pattern pottery.  Half of the seepdot has a lizard and stalk of corn.  The other half is a very intricate pottery shard design. The shards have various images taken from both Sylivas pottery (like the turtle) and traditional Hopi-Tewa pottery.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  The seedpot is signed on the bottom with a feather and an “S”.