Paqua Naha was from Hopi Pueblo where she spent her life making pots in the Hopi tradition. Naha is known for large challenging forms with black and orange polychrome decorations on a ground of cream or yellow slip.
During the last years of her life she developed and began using the white slip ground her family has become so well known for.
Naha?s pieces are marked with a frog earning her the name Frog Woman. She became Frog Woman 1 when Joy Navasie, her daughter, also signed with a frog, becoming Frog Woman 2. Naha?s frogs have straight line feet while Navasie?s frogs have webbed feet.
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Last updated: April 22, 2026
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