Hopi Pueblo Pottery Bowl By Karen Abeita

Late 20th/Early 21st Century

4" H x 8" D

Hand Coiled Open Bowl Form with High Shoulders and Inwardly Curved Sides with a Primary Band at Shoulders with a Variety of Sityaki Style Motif and Scattered Potsherd Pattern on the Bottom and is Painted with Bee-Weed (black) and two Different Colors of Red Clay Slip and then Traditionally Fired with Dense Paint and Beautiful Blushing from Traditional Pit Fire and Thin Walls and is a Top Level Bowl by a Noted Artist

In Very Good Condition

Karen Abeita is a Hopi-Tewa potter born of a Hopi-Tewa mother and an Isleta father in 1960. Her mother, Lenora Nahoodyce Abeyta had married Isidor Abeita Sr. and moved to his home at Isleta Pueblo. Karen was born in an Albuquerque hospital.

Karen learned the traditional methods of making pottery from Eunice Navasie and Mark Tahbo. She's also studied with Rondina Huma. She began producing pottery for the marketplace in 1984. She lives now on the Hopi Reservation with her husband, Darryl Daw.