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Title: Hopi Small Dish with Corn Plant Design

Category: Pottery | Posted by Todd | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 4:22pm

Since Nampeyo of Hano's era of making pottery at Hopi House at The Grand Canyon, the Hopi have made small souvenir pieces for tourists. This small bowl is typical of such items. It was as carefully made and as carefully decorated as any major piece of pottery. The interior of the bowl is decorated with a full corn plant with developed ears of corn. The exterior is designed with a series of clouds. On the bottom is written, in pencil, Trading Post Second Mesa Hopi Res. Ariz. 200 Jan 22, 1963.

Condition: very good condition
Provenance: from the collection of Jeffrey Trent of Nevada


Title: Hopi Small Dish with Corn Plant Design
Potter Unknown
Category: Contemporary
Origin: Hopi Pueblo
Medium: clay, pigment
Size: 1-1/2" deep x 5" diameter
Item # C3310V

Since Nampeyo of Hano's era of making pottery at Hopi House at The Grand Canyon, the Hopi have made small souvenir pieces for tourists. This small bowl is typical of such items. It was as carefully made and as carefully decorated as any major piece of pottery. The interior of the bowl is decorated with a full corn plant with developed ears of corn. The exterior is designed with a series of clouds. On the bottom is written, in pencil, Trading Post Second Mesa Hopi Res. Ariz. 200 Jan 22, 1963.   Condition: very good condition Provenance: from the collection of Jeffrey Trent of Nevada