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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 444475, member: 45"]The reason I asked if it was orange inside, is because a Hopi pot like this would have been made with the gray Hopi clay (which fires ivory/yellow with orange fireclouds) and would not be orange inside. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plus a Hopi pot that was made from the yellow Hopi clay would fire orange/red all the way through. </p><p><br /></p><p>The photo showing the inside looks a little strange, in that it appears to have a greenish color along with the orange. Admittedly that could be my eyes, or the screen resolution. But it does indicate it was somehow made with clay from somewhere else other than Hopi.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this is a puzzle, that may need a hands on examination by someone familiar with Southwest pottery, to positively identify. But here is another possibility. Daisy Hooee was a Hopi potter (Nampeyo's granddaughter) who married a Zuni man, and moved to Zuni. She even taught pottery at Zuni High School. It's not unusual for a potter to move to another pueblo, but continue to make pots, with clay from one pueblo, and design styles influenced by another. It makes identification of unsigned pots very difficult. That might be the case here. Plus the fact that the damaged surface complicates matters more. (And yes, I'd say it's in a rather fragile condition, and likely to get worse, unless carefully handled.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Afraid that's all I have. (Don't know anything about the Indian figure, unfortunately.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 444475, member: 45"]The reason I asked if it was orange inside, is because a Hopi pot like this would have been made with the gray Hopi clay (which fires ivory/yellow with orange fireclouds) and would not be orange inside. Plus a Hopi pot that was made from the yellow Hopi clay would fire orange/red all the way through. The photo showing the inside looks a little strange, in that it appears to have a greenish color along with the orange. Admittedly that could be my eyes, or the screen resolution. But it does indicate it was somehow made with clay from somewhere else other than Hopi. So this is a puzzle, that may need a hands on examination by someone familiar with Southwest pottery, to positively identify. But here is another possibility. Daisy Hooee was a Hopi potter (Nampeyo's granddaughter) who married a Zuni man, and moved to Zuni. She even taught pottery at Zuni High School. It's not unusual for a potter to move to another pueblo, but continue to make pots, with clay from one pueblo, and design styles influenced by another. It makes identification of unsigned pots very difficult. That might be the case here. Plus the fact that the damaged surface complicates matters more. (And yes, I'd say it's in a rather fragile condition, and likely to get worse, unless carefully handled.) Afraid that's all I have. (Don't know anything about the Indian figure, unfortunately.)[/QUOTE]
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