Invoking the Animals - Historic Zuni Pottery 1870-1920 - Showing through September 1st

About the Exhibit and Sale: We proudly present a selection of historic Zuni pottery assembled over the past twenty years by a New York City collector. The collection contains many different forms of Zuni pottery created between 1880-1930, from classic water jars to large open food bowls, smaller stepped kiva bowls and human effigies. In studying the collection, we realized that many of the pieces featured animals in their designs—heart-line deer, fanciful birds, snakes, frogs, tadpoles, dragonflies, antelopes. One of the legends of Zuni pottery, often told by Zuni potters, is that each pot is created as a kind of prayer for water, for rain, and that’s why the animals depicted are those associated with springs and rain. In honor of that spirit, that tradition, we are calling our show, “Invoking the Animals: Historic Zuni Pottery 1880-1930.” We invite you to celebrate with us and look forward to seeing you.