Special Value Offer: Polychrome Bowl With Palhik Mana Design by Frog Woman [SOLD]

Special Value Offer: The consignor has authorized us to reduce the price on this bowl by 20% from the original price of $4950 to a new price of $3950.

It is most unusual to see a bowl by Paqua Naha with a Palhikmana Katsina face as decoration. I don't recall ever seeing one before. Paqua Naha was the original Frog Woman (1890-1955) and the mother of Joy Navasie, the second Frog Woman (1919-2012). This bowl is decorated inside and out. The exterior is a variety of geometric designs, including rain and clouds. The interior shows the face of the Palhikmana Katsina on the bottom of the bowl and the tableta around the wall of the bowl above her face and her dress around the wall below her face.

Condition: structurally in excellent condition, with some minor abrasion to the exterior design.

Provenance:  from the collection of an Oregon client

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