Michael Hawley Poly chrome Pottery Jar #1122 Sold

Michael Hawley-Chakoptewa (American, 1948-2012)Substantial/Exceptional Pol ychrome Pottery Jar# 1122Description: # 1122 Michael Hawley-Chakoptewa (American, 1948-2012) Substantial/Exceptional Poly chrome Pottery Jar, featuring a geometric design adorning the top of the vessel; signed on base. second half 20th centuryDimensions: ; height 7.5 in. x diameter 17 in.Condition: ExcellentMichael Hawley (1948-2012) ChakoptewaMichael 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was the only contemporary potter creating true Sikyatki Polychrome pottery vessels in the same manner as they were originally made from the 14th through the 17th centuries.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