The Tonaltec Pottery History

This jar have yei’ii design and is at 8 ¾ tall and 8” wide at the handle. This is one of the Faye Tso’s pottery that have won the Second Prize in 1993 during the Museum of Northern Arizona Navajo Artiests Exhibition. This pieces and with other large pieces of pottery like the vase with yei’iis and human figure and the water jar with horned toads. These clay sculpture were made by Myra Tso, Faye’s daughter and it was to honor her grandfather, who sang and prayed for her. The design of horned toads on the pottery are very special because the toads was use in a ritual for praying. All ritual and ceremonies are essential parts of the Navajo way as well as sand painting art that was inspired by those that created ceremony. The dust from gold, diamonds,

The spherical form is decorated with engraved with stylistic depictions of animals in the legends originating from the tribes who where from the area she spent her formative years. Although “Eran” is made of metal, Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher has created many similar spheres out of ceramics. One such ceramic sphere is called “Moocheth, the Ibis Arough, the Emu Golpondon, the Ibis’s son”. These pieces make use of the beautiful, symmetrical, spherical form, which is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture, as it represents the Earth, fire, motherhood and unity. The spheres are decorated with engravings of animals. It also appears that she has applied some kind of glaze of oxide to the piece, and then washed it back, leaving darker lines in the engravings. Her artworks are powerful as they convey the narratives of her ancestors using stylistic designs and images, often depicting Australian

A molcajete (mo̞lkaˈxe̞te̞ or mol-cah-hay’-tay; Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl molcaxitl)[needs IPA] is a stone tool, the traditional Mexican version of the mortar and pestle,[1] similar to the South American batan, used for grinding various food product. The molcajete was used by pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures, including the Aztec and Maya, stretching back several thousand years. Traditionally carved out of a single block of vesicular basalt, molcajetes are typically round in shape and supported by three short legs. They are frequently decorated with the carved head of an animal on the outside edge of the bowl, giving the molcajete the appearance of a short, stout, three-legged animal. The pig is the most common animal head used for decoration

The sculpture portrays the God of Harvest, Dionysus, with his loyal satyr follower, Pan. A considerable amount of detail when into the carving of Dionysus; the multiple grapevines in his hair, his ceremonial staff Thyrsus, the goatskins and the cup of wine he’s holding are all symbols of Dionysus. The composition is very asymmetrical, and creates a contrapposto arrangement, which is distinctly Grecian (Gardner). It was carved out of beautiful fine marble, which also had another purpose in the way of making this piece of art last for many years. Along with the tree trunk between the two men providing support at the base, and the elongated arms providing more structural stability. The God’s head is even reinforced by his hair to make sure the head doesn’t break off. This sculpture is visually and aesthetically pleasing, but doesn’t serve a useful function, like textiles or furniture. Therefore, it is considered a figurative piece of art, which art that is very clearly modeled after real object or person(s), and is therefore representational

This plate was made around 1636. The culture from which it was found was the Wanapum tribe. The wanapum tribe was an Indian tribe that lived in Oregon. The Wanapum tribe used to make all of their tools they made utensils, plates, cups, weapons, and other tools. This particular plate was made for eating on a wedding it is a dark green color with a dark blue bottom. These colors were thought to have been good luck for the married couple. The plate was have to been thought to have been broken around 1640. The tribe was attacked by Americans and nothing was left after but a few plates. The plate was used for self defense against an

Tonatiuh was considered to be the sun god in the fifth era, he was one of the most important gods in the Aztec religion. Tonatiuh was a patron of the Aztec gods, and he would assist the people by supplying them with warmth and fertility. The Aztec would worship him by sacrificing the hearts of their war prisoners, they did this to keep the sun moving in orbit. The people did this form of sacrifice to repay the gods, they believed that the sun appeared in the heavens, but it refused to move so the gods sacrificed their own hearts to convince the sun to move. Tonatiuh was given the role of the sun god through great sacrifice, in the earlier times a council was formed between the gods to decide who the next sun god would be, they established that the god worthy of being given this role would have to prove himself by sacrificing their own life to preserve human life forever.

Making these jugs were a way for the African slaves to express themselves. They were used for religious reasons and held burial significance. Ceramics class was effective in exposing a completely new form of art to me that I had no previous knowledge about. From this assignment I was able to learn more about African-American culture, the significance of pottery in the lives of different people and how the meaning of face jugs have shifted. As a result of what I have learned I am more curious of the history behind the things that I see and use in everyday

When most people look at a piece of pottery the first thing that comes to mind is the significance of the symbols and the stories behind these symbols. There are some symbols of Hopi pottery that have stories behind them and some that are symbols of either lost significance or the story is unknown. Some of the symbols we think of as symbols, are really the potters own design. Most people make the mistake that symbols and designs are the same thing, but in fact they are very different. Hopi potters, mostly women, have been instrumental in both preserving and developing traditional symbols and innovating designs in response to changes in and challenges to their culture.

This pottery was from old ruins of a Casas Grandes village. When it was found, it motivated people in the area to make more pottery. Juan Quezada saw same clay shards that people in the same area had seen for centuries. Over many years Juan taught himself how to create pottery with the proper smooth texture, to fire pots individually at low temperatures, and to grind pigments from native minerals for glaze. Mata Ortiz was once a village of lumber and railroad workers.

We believe that this is a basket with some açaí berries in it. This basket of grape-looking things, (what seems to be açaí berries), demonstrate the idea of food. This suggests that the ancient Aztec civilizations were able to grow or forage things to eat. We think that these things are açaí berries, because they are purple-ish black, small and round, the way açaí berries are supposed to look. Açaí berries are found in Mexico. We believe that the Aztecs may have had to move across a large area of land to collect and pick these berries, because the berries are in a basket, an easy to handle container. Moving across a big area of land requires a container to hold the berries, and in this case, a basket is what they used. This also shows that

I chose this piece of mayan pottery to make my cultures pot. I believe the function of the piece of pottery was used as a cup of some sort. I could not find the date this piece of pottery was made but by the looks of it, it's old. I really like this piece in the scene of the design on the top of the pot and the fluting done on the sides. Making this into a culture/combination pot i will throw a nice tall/wide cylinder, the i will flute it and put a foot on it. next i will add a handle and put coils in the top if it.

The gourd-shaped wine ewer with inlaid grapevine is a ceramic piece that is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. This piece is from the Goryeo dynasty of 13th century Korea. It is made from stoneware that was coated with a celadon glaze. A piece like this would have typically had a lid, but like most similar pieces it was lost over time. The methods of making such pieces has changed and shifted over the years. Korean pottery has it’s own presence as well as having taken inspiration from other cultures and locations.

This cylinder seal is from the Old Babylonian period. The seal is made from a dark colored hard stone called hematite, which is a common characteristic for making seals during the Old Babylonian

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It is moreover pyramidal in structure with the vertex coinciding with Mary’s head. The base of the sculpture depicts the rock of Golgotha and is broader than the progressive