Garnet Pavatea, Hopi Pueblo Duck
Garnet Pavatea
1915-1981
Hopi-Tewa Pueblo
Alternative Name
Flower Girl
Date
1962
Medium Specific
Clay
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
7 x 14 1/2 x 9 in. (17.8 x 36.8 x 22.9 cm)
Accession Number
2023.35.30.27
Credit
Gift in memory of Jim and Mardi Erdman
Memo / Artist Statement
Hopi-Tewa artist Garnet Pavatea had a long and productive career of pottery making and was a favorite of collectors of Hopi-Tewa pottery. She was an active potter from circa 1940 to circa 1981. She is best known and was fond of making plain red bowls and jars with triangular indentations around the rim as the sole decoration. Often, she made ladles to accompany her bowls. The Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff amassed a major collection of her work. This piece was awarded first prize at Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial in 1962.
Biography
Garnet Pavatea (1915-1981) was known as Flower Girl and she was from the Tewa Village on First Mesa on the Hopi Reservation, and lived there. Her father, Dewakuku, was Hopi and her mother was Tewa. Following tradition, Garnet was of her mother's clan.
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