Tyra Naha

Tyra Naha (or Tyra Naha-Black) represents the 4th generation in a family of well know Hopi potters. She is a Native American potter from the Hopi Nation, Arizona, United States. While she is currently not as well know as her famous elders, she is technically very proficient. She has a steady hand with her decoration and puts a lot of attention into the fine detail. Although her pieces are hand-coiled in the traditional manner, Tyra's work remains incredibly fine. Tyra's work is amazingly light and thin-walled. Many of her designs are derivative of works by her mother Rainy Naha and aunt Sylvia Naha. Once she develops a unique style of her own she will be a force to be reckoned with.

Tyra signs her pots with a feather and a spider glyph. The feather represents her lineage to the Naha family through her grandmother, who signed with a feather glyph. The spider is her clan symbol.

See also

*Paqua Naha - aka "Frog Woman" great-grandmother
*Helen Naha - aka "Feather Woman" grandmother
*Rainy Naha - mother (properly Rainell)
*Sylvia Naha - aunt

References

* Dillingham, Rick. "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery". Foreword by J. J. Brody. University of New Mexico Press, (reprint edition) 1994. ISBN 0-8263-1499-6
* Graves, Laura. "Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader". University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8061-3013-X

External links

* [http://holmes.anthropology.museum/ Lowell. D. Holmes Museum of Anthropolgy]
* [http://www.holmes.anthropology.museum/southwestpottery/index.html Through the Eyes of the Pot: Southwestern Pottery]
* [http://www.clayhound.us/ ClayHound.us, Examples of Native American Traditional Pottery]
* [http://www.pueblotreasures.com/aboutus.html PuebloTreasures.com, a free online museum of Southwestern Art]