{"product_id":"220228-01-hopi-polychrome-white-slip-pottery-jar-by-maynard-and-veronica-navasie","title":"Hopi Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Jar By Maynard and Veronica Navasie","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6\" H x 5.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled with a White Slip and a Painted Black and Deep Red Geometric Designs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition with Very Minor Wear as Pictured\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaynard Navasie (1945–1999): Born at First Mesa, Hopi-Tewa of the Kachina and Parrot Clans. He was the son of Joy Navasie (the second \"Frog Woman\") and grandson of Paqua Naha (the original \"Frog Woman\"). He learned pottery-making from his mother and specialized in sanding, polishing, and painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVeronica Navasie (née Naha or similar; 1945–2003): Hopi of the Walpi Sun Clan. She learned from her mother, Laura Preston, and typically formed\/coiled the pots. They married and collaborated, with both active as potters from around 1960 onward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none; mso-hide: all;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTheir pieces continue the family's tradition of Hopi polychrome pottery, featuring a white kaolin slip background (creating a bright, matte surface) painted with mineral- and plant-based pigments in black, brown, red, and other earth tones. Designs often draw from ancient Sikyatki motifs or classic Hopi elements like geometric patterns, feathers, winglines, stepped clouds\/rain symbols, birds, and abstract fertility\/seasonal motifs. The pottery is hand-coiled (no wheel), polished, slipped, painted, and traditionally outdoor-fired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr. and Mrs. Navasie were cited in Hopi-Tewa Pottery 500 Biographies by Gregory Schaaf and in Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877194293413,"sku":"220228-01","price":470.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p3581_i8_w713.jpg?v=1775324102","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/220228-01-hopi-polychrome-white-slip-pottery-jar-by-maynard-and-veronica-navasie","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}