Dawn Navasie - Vintage Hopi Pottery Tile - Sityakti Symbols

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This pottery tiles has been beautifully crafted by well known Hopi potter Dawn Navasie.  It feels very smooth to the touch and has been expertly polished and shaped.  It measures 5 3/4" by 3 5/8".  It is signed by Dawn on the back with her name and water symbol to denote her clan.  There is one very thin 1/2" long hairline crack on one side.  Otherwise, this tile is in great vintage condition.
Dawn Navasie, “Polaquimana” (Red Tail Hawk), member of the Water Clan, was born into the Hopi-Tewa Reservation in 1961. She was inspired to continue the family tradition of pottery making from her famous Mother, “Fawn” Navasie.
Dawn specializes in handmade traditional Hopi style pottery. Some of her favorite designs are mythical rainbirds and rain clouds,moths, weather symbols, and elements of the earth. Natural minerals and vegetables like wild bee plant, hematite, and red clay are used for paint. Dawn fires her pots in the traditional manner using sheep dung as fuel. Dawn is a superb artist in the Hopi-Tewa tradition. She paints with a sure hand and has a design vision that recalls the beauty and quality of her mother’s work (original Fawn).
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