Item #332
Item #332 is a Mythological Bird Form hand made hand formed hand built using a lowfire white earthenware clay body. The form is hand burnished and hand painted free hand using black and blue underglazes, electric kiln fired.
The bird form is connected to the Navajo origin story where animals have an important role in the emergence of the Navajo people into this world. Also in the Pueblo culture birds are representational as messengers between the people and the ancestors and deities.
The bird form is connected to the Navajo origin story where animals have an important role in the emergence of the Navajo people into this world. Also in the Pueblo culture birds are representational as messengers between the people and the ancestors and deities.