Naha, Tyra – Bowl with Turtles and Star

6"w x 5.25"h

$ 600.00

Tyra Naha is a daughter of Rainy Naha.   She learned to make pottery from her mother and continues to make traditional style Hopi-Tewa pottery in the style her grandmother, Helen “Feather Woman” Naha.  This bowl is coil coil built and painted with native clay slips and bee-weed (black).  The top and bottom have the classic Awatovi star design painted onto the surface.  On the sides are four turtles.  Each turtle has a medallion for its “shell”.  Note that each of the medallions has a different color of clay used for the stripes.  The bowl is traditionally fired and signed on the bottom with a feather and spider (Spider Clan ) and a “3” for being Third Generation of the Naha family.

 

 

 

 

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