Black on Red Bird Vase

Patty Maho

Black on Red Bird Vase, Pottery by Patty Maho
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  • Hopi pottery
  • Hopi vase
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Savvy Price $350.00
Gallery Price $450.00
Title
Black on Red Bird Vase
Artist
Patty Maho
Medium
Hand-coiled red pottery with black design
Size
6" height X 6" maximum diameter
Signed
"Patty Maho" underneath in black
Date of creation
Circa 1965
Condition
Good. There are approximately 12 small areas of spalling (small indentations). Please see last 3 photographs.
Design
Two bird designs are painted on the pot's exterior.
Provenance
Consigned by a Northern Arizona collection MDL
About The Black on Red Bird Vase

The walls of this pot are uniform in thickness. The polishing is nicely handled, but not as refined as was carried out by some of the best San Ildefonso potters of Maho's era.

About Patty Maho
Patty Maho was born about 1903 and lived at Hano (Tewa Village),First Mesa, on the Hopi reservation in Arizona. Active as a potter from 1930-1979, she was known for her black and red on yellow bowls and red ware bowls. using parrot and feather designs. Examples of her work are in the collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona. She is cited in Hopi-Tewa Pottery by Gregory Schaff.
Cultures

American Indian, Hopi, Women Artists

Medium

Pottery

Subject

Birds

Keywords

Patty Maho, Patty Maho pottery, Hopi pottery, Hopi vase