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Jar with butterfly design

MAKER:
Artist

Rainy Naha ( Hopi-Tewa, American, 1949 )

CULTURE:
Hopi
DATE:
late 20th century
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Arizona (state/United States)
Hopi
Hopi (language)
Naha Rainy
Pueblo (Native American style)
Southwest (general region/United States)
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian)
abstract
animals (Animalia kingdom)
bands (decorative)
butterflies (general)
ceramic (material)
circles (plane figures)
clay
coiling (pottery technique)
creation (doctrinal concept)
diamonds (motifs)
dots (geometric motif)
dragonflies (insects/animals)
feathers (animal components)
figures (representations)
firing (technique)
flower (plant material)
flowers (plants)
fragility
geometric motifs
geometric patterns
geometric shape
humans (homo sapiens species)
insects (animals)
jars (vessels)
lines (geometric concept)
modeling (forming)
myth
mythical or legendary beings
mythology (literary genre)
paint (coating)
plants (living organisms)
polychrome
portable
rain (precipitation / weather)
rectangles (parallelograms)
ritual objects
ritual vessels
scrolls (spirals/motifs)
seasons
serving dishes
songs (oral or performed works)
spirals (geometric figures)
squares (geometric figures)
triangles (polygons)
vessels (containers)
water
wings (animal components)
zigzags (geometric patterns)
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