Item description for Vintage Old Hopi Style SIKYATKI Polychrome Pottery Bowl by "Chakoptewa" c1990

Vintage Old Hopi Style SIKYATKI Polychrome Pottery Bowl by "Chakoptewa" c1990

For your consideration is this superb vintage handcrafted old Hopi style Sikyatki pottery bowl by artisan Mike Hawley (d), circa 1990. The Scottsdale AZ contemporary artist Mike Hawley had been creating pottery in the old Hopi Sikyatki style since the 1970s. Mike Hawley's pottery are not imitations of ancient pottery, they are instead modern works of art which have original designs inspired by those on ancient Hopi ceramics. He called these "Chapkotewa Polychrome" pottery, named after his adopted Hopi name. This great contemporary artist of Old Hopi Sikyatki pottery style passed away on April 24, 2012.

Only hand-ground clay dug on Antelope Mesa on the Hopi Reservation was used to coil, shape, polish, paint and coal fire this pot in a firing pit the artist constructed himself. All of his pigments were made by hand from minerals and plants indigenous to the Hopi Mesas and each of his painted design is original and within the Sikyatki design tradition.

This absolutely beautiful hand coiled pottery bowl is in very good condition with minor surface flaws on the lower outer bowl. This Chakoptewa Polychrome Pottery measures about 3-1/2" tall, about 9-1/2" around and has an opening of approx 8-5/8". This vibrant, low profile, curled rim bowl is signed with the artists hallmark and date.

A fantastic, unique and highly collectible piece of Sikyatki Hopi style pottery to add to your collection!

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