Hopi-Tewa Large Feather Woman Seed Jar with Polychrome Designs [SOLD]

Rainy Naha or Rainell Naha, is a daughter of Helen Naha (the first Feather Woman) and the granddaughter of Paqua Naha (the first Frog Woman). Her siblings are Burel, Sylvia, and Rechenda. She signs her pottery with the traditional feather hallmark used by her mom and then adds her first name.  She makes traditional white pottery with polychrome pigments in following traditions of the Frog Woman and Feather Woman styles.

This large jar is a beautiful shape with a high shoulder and nearly flat top.  The small hole in the center characterizes it as a seed jar.  Rainy started her design following traditional Sikyatki-inspired patterns, but she then improvised the design to fit her desires.  The square orange box around the opening with four pendant designs is Sikyatki-inspired, but the pendant designs are wholly those of Rainy.

Rainy took the concept of the Sikyatki split-tail design for the four pendant elements, but she beautifully improvised the tradition to her own concept.  Each of the four pendant units was expertly divided into squares.  Each square was then filled with a unique design, some squares being divided into two designs.  The soft colors in the tan or beige spectrum were used throughout the designs.  The overall concept is tradition with innovation.  The result is incredibly beautiful.  The jar is best viewed by looking down on it to get the impact of the overall concept.  

Rainy Naha was born in 1949 and is an active potter today.  Her pottery is generally of the white style preferred by the Frog Woman and Feather Woman clan of potters.  She is an accomplished potter producing astounding works.

Condition: new condition

Provenance: this Hopi-Tewa Large Feather Woman Seed Jar with Polychrome Designs is from the collection of a gentleman from New Mexico.

Reference:  Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham

Relative Links:  Helen Naha (Feather Woman), Paqua Naha (Frog Woman), Rainy Naha, Sylvia Naha, Hopi Pueblo, Contemporary Pottery, Rainy Naha, Hopi Pueblo Pottery