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Hopi Pot
(FCHP235)
1900-1925
All the pottery types from First Mesa are descended from the prehistoric
Jeddito yelloware, a matte-finish yellow pottery with black decoration.
The clay derives its name from the nearby Jeddito wash, where it was
mined. The brown color is obtained by boiling bee weed, a desert plant
that produces a black color when boiled down, but fires a dark brown.
Because the clay has a pleasing, soft luster after it is polished with a
stone, the Hopis use no slip to color the surface. However, for a brief
time in the late 1800's , they experimented with a yellowish-white slip
obtained from the Zunis.
Height 15 inches
Illustrated in
Spirits
in the Art, by James A. Hanson, p-228
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