Navajo Thin Green Line Coiled Pottery Vase - Alice Cling (#08)
$975.00
Artist: Alice Cling
Navajo Pottery
Circumference: 26"
Height: 11 1/4"
Opening: 2"
Navajo artist Alice Cling was born in a hogan near Cow Springs, Arizona, 60 years ago. This hand coiled and burnished vessel is also embellished with a thin coat of Pinion pitch. Its enduring beauty comes from Alice's unusual use of colored clay slips and from the striking variations of natural colors caused by outdoor firing. Very few Navajo potters approach the high quality of creativity Alice Cling achieves with her art.
Circumference: 26"
Height: 11 1/4"
Opening: 2"
Navajo artist Alice Cling was born in a hogan near Cow Springs, Arizona, 60 years ago. This hand coiled and burnished vessel is also embellished with a thin coat of Pinion pitch. Its enduring beauty comes from Alice's unusual use of colored clay slips and from the striking variations of natural colors caused by outdoor firing. Very few Navajo potters approach the high quality of creativity Alice Cling achieves with her art.
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The Navajo are relatively recent arrivals to the Southwest. They probably migrated from the north in the 16th Century thereby becoming a part of the Pueblo IV period. The Navajo have made pottery since their arrival; possibly they brought pottery with them during their southern migration. They made a plain and decorated pottery. The plain being considered the older style? More about this legend