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Bidding is now open for our Native American Art & Jewelry auction, Day 1 of our three-day December sale, featuring Navajo, Zuni and Hopi silver and turquoise jewelry, Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, baskets, kachinas and carvings. Highlights include a Toby Henderson sterling and turquoise kachina sculpture, a Victor Coochwytewa Hopi overlay cuff and an Anthony Lovato tufa cast cuff, alongside pieces by Lewis Lomay, Peter and Dinah Gasper, Emma Lewis and Lowell Talashoma Sr., and more. Auction is Tuesday, December 1st at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 173

Lawrence Namoki “Hear My Plea” Pottery Seed Pot

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$250 $25
$1,000 $50
$2,000 $100
$4,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000

Signed, titled and dated on the bottom. 

Date: 1988 

Original price tag on the bottom. 

 

Dimensions: 2 1/2" Diameter x 2 1/2" Tall 

 

Condition: There are light surface scratches and marks to the glaze and clay. Please see images for details. 

 

Artist Bio: Lawrence Namoki was born in 1949 into the Flute-Deer Clan at Walpi, the oldest village on Hopi's First Mesa. His father, Maxwell Namoki, was a high priest and a respected katsina carver, and Lawrence began his own career carving miniature katsinam in wood. After graduating from Phoenix Indian High School and serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces, he set himself a new challenge in 1983: to become a potter.

He spent two years practicing with natural clay and made his public debut at the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show in 1985, taking Best of Show and the Governor's Award. His early pots were deeply carved and slipped so finely that they look like stained wood, with imagery drawn from katsinam and Hopi stories, and his later work moved toward delicate painting. He used only Hopi clay and natural pigments, fired in the traditional way, and died in 2020. This seed pot, “Hear My Plea,” is signed, titled and dated 1988 on the bottom.

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