Naha, Tyra – Jar with Four Polychrome Lizards

6"w x 4.75"h

$ 775.00

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 of her grandmother, Helen “Feather Woman” Naha.  This jar is coil-built and painted with native clay slips and bee weed (black).  The jar has four lizards.  Two have triangular mountain designs, and two are multi-color with geometric patterns.   Tyra said of this piece:  “The lizard design is from my aunt Sylvia Naha, with Sekahkey and Awatovi designs.”  Separating each of the lizards are multi-color geometric rain and cloud patterns.  The coloration is visually striking. The bowl was traditionally fired.  It is signed on the bottom with a feather and spider (Spider Clan ) and a “3” for being the Third Generation of the Naha family.

 

 

 

 

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