Sikyatki Style Polychrome Bowl By Michael Hawley 0044

This true to tradition, Sikyatki Style Polychrome Pottery is a showstopper! The polychrome pattern features a geometric deign that is completely hand painted and was created in 1990 by Scottsdale artisan, Michael Hawley. Although Mike passed on in 2012, he has left a legacy of talent & innovation that is unrivaled in his distinctive pottery & clay work, even today. Influenced by techniques used & kept alive by ancestors of ancient Hopi potters, he added his own styling to produce an astonishing piece of craftsmanship. 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 beautiful hand coiled pot is in very good condition with minor surface flaws on the lower outer bowl. This vibrant, low profile, curled rim pot is signed & dated.This Chakoptewa Polychrome Pottery measures about 3-1/2" tall, about 9-1/2" wide and has an opening of 8-5/8".