Description:
Hopi Polychrome Pottery Seed Jar, decorated with two stylized "parrots" and pod-like devices, possibly the work of Nampeyo, ht. 3 3/4, dia. 9 1/2 in.
Provenance: Dr. W.C. Martin collection; purchased at Skinner's American Indian & Ethnographic Art auction 1290, November 18, 1989, Lot 256.
Estimate $3,000-4,000
No hairline cracks. No restoration.
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