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A large part of the charm of Hopi pottery is the warm orange blush achieved during firing and deep black fire clouds resulting from firing.  Coal firing is responsible for these attributes.  This bowl has both a warm blush and a beautiful array of fire clouds on the exterior.  The vessel shape has been referred to as a helmet-shape, based on such shapes of World War I helmets, but there certainly is no connection between the Hopi's development of this shape and the commercial development of the war helmets.

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