Native American Hopi Handbuilt and Handpainted Traditional Pot with Butterfly

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Native American Hopi Handbuilt and Handpainted Traditional Pot with Butterfly by White Swann

Wonderful handbuilt and handpainted pot with butterfly design on two sides of the pot separated by classic Hopi symbols was created by Hopi master potter White Swann. The butterfly is a symbol of beauty for the Native Americans. Butterflies appear in the summertime and represent beauty as well as a bountiful harvest.

White Swann (Dolly Joe Navasie) learned the art of making pottery early in life by watching and working with her mother, Eunice Navasie.

White Swans digs her clay and processes it in the traditional way. She hand coils her pottery and fires it outdoors with sheep dung. White Swann uses yucca leaves to make her paint brushes. The maroon coloration is achieved with the use of iron oxide. the yellow clay provides the orange finish. Like all the Hopi potters, she is always learning and is now refining her "blush" that is achieved when firing the pots.