Two (2) SIGNED Hopi Indian Bowls, late 1960s or OLDER

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Two (2) SIGNED Hopi Indian Bowls, late 1960s or OLDER

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Sold Date: 01/28/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Two (2)
late 1960s or OLDER
Pottery Bowls
signed
by
Viola Howato
a
Hopi Indian Woman
from the Hopi Mesas
of Northeast, Arizona.

Signed : The bottoms of these bowls are signed by Viola Howato, a Hopi woman artist. (If anyone knows about this woman, I would love to hear from you! Please contact: ) On the smaller bowl, the artist's name is clearly printed ; the larger bowl seems to have been placed on newspaper or some other type of printed paper when the bowl was wet, and the paper has strongly add to the very outside bottom of the bowl, almost entirely obscuring the name . However, both bowls were bought from Viola Howato at the same time and place, and one can tell that the second bowl has Viola Howato's name also. But please note: only one signature shows completely .

Design : The larger bowl has nice, typical Hopi patterns around the outside of the bowl. I cannot tell you what the designs symbolize; please see photo. The smaller bowl has no design and is a beautiful simple shape with a particularly smooth glaze inside the bowl and out.

When my father was a Park Ranger in the National Park Service, he was stationed for a period of time at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in N.E. Arizona, near the Hopi Indian Reservation. T were several Hopi Indians on the staff. In the late 1960s , he and my mother acquired these and a few other pieces of Hopi pottery, as well as numerous kachina dolls and baskets. These pottery bowls are nearly 40 years old, but could be older. I am now offering them for sale and will soon be offering some of the other Hopi items.

Size : The larger bowl is approx. 6 3/4" outside diameter at the widest point x 3 1/2" high x 5 3/16" inside diameter of the top opening. These dimensions for the smaller bowl are 4 1/4" , 2 1/4" and 3 3/4" , respectively.

Condition : The bowls are in very nice used condition, with no breaks or cracks. As mentioned in " Signed " above, the outside of the larger bowl has paper stuck to the very bottom of it, which I have hesitated to try to remove.

These two bowls go together very nicely and are excellent, authentic examples of Hopi pottery that came directly from the Hopi Mesas of Arizona approx. 40 years ago. Interestingly, the Hopi Mesa Villages are located on the Hopi Indian Reservation, which is entirely enclosed by the Navajo Reservation. One of the Hopi Villages, Old Oraibi, is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabited village in the U.S.

Thank you for looking at these bowls. If you're interested, I would appreciate a bid.
To learn more about Hopi Pottery , please click on one or more of these sites:

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