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This small jar is an excellent example of the finest Hopi-Tewa pottery.  It was well formed with a globular shape and sensual rolled out neck.  A wide brown framing line at the neck and another one at the base of the jar set forth the area for design.  Even on a jar this small, Elva managed to display the full impact of the Sikyatki-inspired migration pattern.  This jar has the impact of jars much larger in scale.  In fact, one of Fannie's favorite designs was the migration pattern-supposedly delineating the migration of the Hopi people through four worlds.

Read more about this pottery here..