Jar

USA, 1900
Crocker Art Museum
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Coiled
Pinched
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Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes: N/A
Joy Navasie

Joy Navasie began making pots in the Hopi-Tewa tradition when she was 17 and continued to work until her retirement in 1995. After her mother?s death Joy Navasie continued to develop and work with the white pottery style her mother had pioneered shortly before her death.

Navasie, a Hopi-Tewa potter, learned to make pots from her mother, Paqua Naha, the First Frog Woman.

They both marked their pots with a drawing of a frog with one difference, Joy Navasie?s frogs have webbed feet while her mothers have straight toes.

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Crocker Art Museum

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