A HOPI POLYCHROME VASE
BY JOY NAVASIE (b. 1919)
Of elongated form, painted red and brown against a creamy white slip, decorated with wide segmented band enclosing stylized wing motifs composed of elaborate geometric patterns, signed on the base with a frog hallmark 10in. (25.3cm.) high
Lot Essay
Joy Navasie is known as the second Frog Woman, the name passed down from her mother, Paquah Naha. Joy learned to make pottery from her mother, and her career as a potter began circa 1935.