BY THOMAS NATSEWAY
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EIGHT ACOMA POLYCHROME POTTERY JARS WITH POTTERY SCENE
By Thomas Natseway
The first with short neck, tapering shoulders, long sides, small base, with white slip and with black spiral webbed motif; the second, with elongated neck, sloping shoulders, with figures on sides; the third, in the form of a wedding vase, with geometric designs on front and back in black; the fourth, in the form of a canteen, with round body, short neck and two handles, decorated with a depiction of a Polik Mana on front; the fifth, with short square neck, wide flat flared shoulders and narrow base, polychrome painted with traditional Hopi eagle tail motifs; the sixth, with wide flared rim, rounded shoulders, small base, decorated with rosette and geometric motifs; the seventh, with terraced rim and globular body, polychrome decorated with butterfly motifs; the eighth, with short neck, high rounded shoulders, painted white with black designs in the style of Soccorro black on white pottery; the base, depicting a pueblo cliff wall, painted in cream
Ranging in size from: ¼ to 1¼in. (.5 to 3.7cm.) high
Each signed on base 'Thomas Natseway, Acoma/Laguana NM' (9)
By Thomas Natseway
The first with short neck, tapering shoulders, long sides, small base, with white slip and with black spiral webbed motif; the second, with elongated neck, sloping shoulders, with figures on sides; the third, in the form of a wedding vase, with geometric designs on front and back in black; the fourth, in the form of a canteen, with round body, short neck and two handles, decorated with a depiction of a Polik Mana on front; the fifth, with short square neck, wide flat flared shoulders and narrow base, polychrome painted with traditional Hopi eagle tail motifs; the sixth, with wide flared rim, rounded shoulders, small base, decorated with rosette and geometric motifs; the seventh, with terraced rim and globular body, polychrome decorated with butterfly motifs; the eighth, with short neck, high rounded shoulders, painted white with black designs in the style of Soccorro black on white pottery; the base, depicting a pueblo cliff wall, painted in cream
Ranging in size from: ¼ to 1¼in. (.5 to 3.7cm.) high
Each signed on base 'Thomas Natseway, Acoma/Laguana NM' (9)