Sikyátki pottery
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Sikyátki pottery is a distinctive prehistoric Hopi ceramic tradition known for its fine craftsmanship, polychrome designs, and influential geometric and stylized motifs that inspired later Hopi pottery styles.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hopi pottery style
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archaeological culture material ⓘ ceramic tradition ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Ancestral Puebloan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Sikyátki ruin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
First Mesa
NERFINISHED
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Hopi ancestral villages ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Northern Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ various Southwestern U.S. museums ⓘ |
| color |
black paint designs
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red paint designs ⓘ yellow ware ⓘ |
| culture | Hopi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decoration | polychrome painting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hopi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
carefully smoothed surfaces
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fine craftsmanship ⓘ high-quality firing ⓘ thin walls ⓘ |
| hasForm |
bowls
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dippers ⓘ effigy vessels ⓘ jars ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hopi Revival pottery
NERFINISHED
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Hopi-Tewa pottery NERFINISHED ⓘ Nampeyo’s pottery style ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | earlier Hopi ceramic traditions ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | clay ⓘ |
| motifType |
abstracted animal forms
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avian motifs ⓘ cloud motifs ⓘ feather motifs ⓘ geometric motifs ⓘ kiva step motifs ⓘ stylized motifs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sikyátki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hopi Mesas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceTreatment |
polished
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slipped ⓘ |
| technique | coil-and-scrape ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
circa 14th–17th centuries CE
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late prehistoric period in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| use |
ceremonial use
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domestic use ⓘ ritual use ⓘ |
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