Hopi Pottery : Native American Hopi Polychrome Pottery Jar, by Maynard and Veronica Navasie #236 Sold

Hopi Pottery 236. Description: Maynard & Veronica Navasie. Hopi polychrome pottery jar, signed underfoot including frog hallmark Height 5 1/2" diameter 6 1/4". The Late Maynard Navasie was the son of Joy Navasie (Frog Woman) and took on her skill as a Hopi whiteware potter. Is wife, Veronica, assisted him, and they always signed with both their initial and the family hallmark-frog. (Source: Ancientnations) A History of Pueblo Pottery: Pueblo pottery is made using a coiled technique that came into northern Arizona and New Mexico from the south, some 1500 years ago. In the four-corners region of the US, nineteen pueblos and villages have historically produced pottery. Although each of these pueblos use similar traditional methods of coiling, shaping, finishing and firing, the pottery from each is distinctive. Various clay's gathered from each pueblo's local sources produce pottery colors that range from buff to earthy yellows, oranges, and reds, as well as black. Fired pots are som