Hopi

-----Original Message-----
From: John M. Benfatto <jmb@pharlap.com>
To: pot@nowscape.com <pot@nowscape.com
Date: Wednesday, February 05, 1997 8:26 AM
Subject: Your pot

Hi, I just stumbled across your web page asking for help identifying your Indian pot.   I expect you've probably already identified it, but in case you haven't:

It is Hopi, circa 1920 to 1930. This shape was very
popular during that period and is similar to the art-
pottery vases of the time.

The designs are called "Sikyatki  Revival" and are based
on the designs found on  Sikyatki   pottery (dating from
around 1400, I think). Legend has it that the Sikyatki
style was revived by the famous Hopi potter "Nampeyo"
around the turn of the century when she visited excavations
and examined the designs on the pre-historic Sikyatki
pot-sherds being recovered at the sites. She revived the
style and it was an immediate hit. Most other Hopi potters
followed suit shortly thereafter such that by 1920, pretty
much all Hopi pottery was decorated in the Sikyatki style.

I'm not an Indian art dealer, but I can give you an estimate
as to its value if you want.

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John Benfatto internet: jmb@pharlap.com
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I believe that this is a Hopi pot. Hard to tell the age...old ones look
similar to the new ones being made today. Perhaps you should contact
the Heard Museum in Phoenix AZ, and ask if they have an
identification/appraisal service. Good Luck!
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Marjorie Hines
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