1970s Hopi Multi-Color Vase by Joy Navassie Frog Woman

1970s Hopi Multi-Color Vase by Joy Navassie Frog Woman

Dimensions:-

Length: 11"

Width: 8"

Opening: 6"

Tribe: Hopi-Tewa 

Item #: 400013

Artist:

Frog Woman | Joy Navasie

HOPI – TEWA ARTIST | 1919 – 2012

Joy, also known as second Frog Woman or Yellow Flower, was a Hopi-Tewa Pueblo potter. As well as the art of pottery, the name Frog Woman was passed down from her mother, Paqua Naha.

 Navasie carried on the white ware pottery tradition from   her mother, Paqua who pioneered it around around 1951 or 1952, and it was used by Joy until she retired around 1995. She was particularly known for her black and red on white designs, and her favorite motifs included rain, clouds,   parrots, and feathers. She also produced well-received pottery with challenging Kachina designs.

Joy began sighing her pots with a frog around 1939. Her signature differs from her mother's in that it features web feet rather than short toes. All Navasie's pottery was made the traditional way, from the gathering of the clay to the polishing and painting. Pots are fired in sheep dung, which she said was getting more difficult to acquire, but she preferred this over commercial products.

Navasie's pots can be found in a number of museums (Museum of Northern Arizona, Heard Museum and Spurlock Museum) and have fetched high prices at auction.