Hopi Pueblo Pottery Bowl By Karen Abeita

Late 20th/Early 21st Century 

3" H x 4.25" D

Hand Coiled Enclosed Bowl Form with Mid Body High Shoulders and Inwardly Curved Sides to Rim with a Bold Tail Feather Painted in Polychrome and Flying Bird in two Tone with a Single Potsherd Pattern on the Bottom and Painted with Bee Weed (black) and two Different Colors of Red Clay Slip and then Traditionally Fired with a 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. Her maternal family is from the Kachina-Parrot Clan at Hopi. She is known for her intricately painted pottery and use of traditional designs and techniques. She has won numerous awards for her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Indian Market and other events.She lives now on the Hopi Reservation with her husband, Darryl Daw.