Extremely Nice Chakoptewa Pottery Canteen by Michael Hawley (American, 1948-2012), Ca #1441 SOLD

Extremely Nice Chakoptewa Pottery Canteen by Michael Hawley (American, 1948-2012), Ca. 1980's #1441Discription: #1441 Extremely Nice Chakoptewa Pottery Canteen by Michael Hawley (American, 1948-2012), Ca 1980'sDimensions: Approx. 8-1/2”w x 2-1/4” deepCondition: Very good for its ageProvenance: Cheryl M. Carpentier, New River, AZ. Michael Hawley (1948-2012) Chakoptewa: Michael Hawley, Chakoptewa, formerly of Scottsdale, Arizona, was the only contemporary potter creating true Sikyatki Polychrome pottery vessels in the same manner as they were originally made from the 14th through the 17th centuries. Hawley called this pottery "Chakoptewa Polychrome," Chakoptewa being his adopted Hopi name. Hawley used only hand-ground clay dug on Antelope Mesa on the Hopi Reservation and he hand coiled, shaped, polished, painted and coal fired each of the pots in a firing pit he constructed himself. All of his pigments were made by hand from minerals and plants indigenous to the Hopi Mesas and each of hi