Hopi Polychrome Bowl with Eagle Feather Designs [SOLD]

Roberta Youvella Silas was born in 1939 and has been making pottery since 1965. She is the daughter of Pauline Youvella (Laguna Pueblo) and Roy Youvella (Hopi-Tewa). No one in her family made pottery, so she learned to make pottery by working with Helen Naha (Feather Woman).

Silas lives in the village of Polacca at First Mesa, where she has been able to see many examples of ancient Sikyatki pottery in the form of pot shards. She has incorporated the ancient pottery designs from these shards into her work.

This is an extremely well made small bowl. It is nicely formed and painted with a precise hand. The ancient Sikyatki designs are a reminder of the continuity of pottery making on the Hopi mesas. It is signed by the potter on the bottom.