Setalla, Dee – Large Open Bowl with Butterfly Maiden and Corrugated Rim

12.5"w x 3"h

$ 650.00

Dee Setalla is a son of noted potter Pauline Setalla and a brother of Stetson Setalla, Gwen Setalla, and Agnes Nasonhoya.  This large open bowl is coil-built and painted with bee-weed (black) and two different colors of clay slips.  The rim of the bowl is corrugated with an impressed triangular pattern.  The center of the bowl is painted with a large Butterfly Maiden or “Pahlik Mana”.  The figure is holding feathers and has an intricately painted tablita on her head.  There are blushes to the surface from the firing.  The bowl is signed with his initials “D. S.” and bear paw (for Bear Clan).  Most recently, Dee won the prestigious “Helen Naha” Award at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2019.