Youngblood, Nancy – Mini Jar with Four Carved Shells
$ 1,000.00
This is an exceptional carved small jar by Nancy Youngblood. The jar is coil-built and then carved and stone polished. There are four deeply carved shells on this piece. Why shells? Nancy began carving them on her pottery after a trip to the Caribbean in the 1980s. While it may seem an “exotic” addition to the pottery, shells were frequently traded in pre-contact times and even today are worn by the dancers during traditional Pueblo ceremonies. When Nancy carves the shells the “ridges” are each rounded, just like on her melon bowl! They are very time involved and create their own, “ribs”. Each shell on this piece has 10 individual sections, for a total of 40! The rim and inside neck of the jar is also fully polished. It was fired a deep glassy-black coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Nancy Y.”. Nancy has won numerous awards for her melon bowls, and this is undoubtedly a creative use of her melon rib style!
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This is an exceptional carved small jar by Nancy Youngblood. The jar is coil-built and then carved and stone polished. There are four deeply carved shells on this piece. Why shells? Nancy began carving them on her pottery after a trip to the Caribbean in the 1980s. While it may seem an “exotic” addition to the pottery, shells were frequently traded in pre-contact times and even today are worn by the dancers during traditional Pueblo ceremonies. When Nancy carves the shells the “ridges” are each rounded, just like on her melon bowl! They are very time involved and create their own, “ribs”. Each shell on this piece has 10 individual sections, for a total of 40! The rim and inside neck of the jar is also fully polished. It was fired a deep glassy-black coloration. It is signed on the bottom, “Nancy Y.”. Nancy has won numerous awards for her melon bowls, and this is undoubtedly a creative use of her melon rib style!
