"Coffee Pot Set"
by Rose Williams, Navajo

Photos by Jannelle Weakly

Description: Traditional coffee pot with lid and 2 cups. Pit fired with red ocher/mineral slip swabbed with pinon tree sap.

About this Award: Art works winning purchase awards become part of the museum's permanent collections. They are chosen for their technique and artistry as well as for the way in which they compare and contrast with other items in our collections.

Jurors' Comments:
Dittemore: Wilma Kaemlein was a curator for many years and one of the things she did was a contemporary Navajo material culture survey of trading posts on the reservation and this was a good way to honor the Navajo coffee pot, a symbol of trading posts of yore.
Griset: Even at Rose's age, her excecution is whimsical and wonderful.

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