Tyra Naha Explained

Tyra Naha (or Tyra Naha-Black, or Tyra Naha Tawawina^[1]) represents the 4th generation in a family of well-known Hopi potters. She is a Native American potter from the Hopi Tribe of Arizona in the Southwest United States. While she is currently not as well known as her famous elders, she is technically nicely proficient. Her work has been featured at shows in Santa Fe and at the Heard Museum, and appears in The Art of the Hopi.^[2]

Tyra Naha's daughter, Amber Naha-Black, is also an award-winning potter.^[3]

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

• Potter Helen Naha – aka "Feather Woman," her grandmother^[4]

References

Additional Resources

• Dillingham, Rick. Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery. Foreword by J. J. Brody. University of New Mexico Press, (reprint edition) 1994.
• Graves, Laura. Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader. University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.

External links

• Tyra Naha biographical sketch, plus another of her pots.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hopi Pottery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513044313/http://www.canyonart.com/hopipots.htm . 13 May 2008 . 23 March 2009 . Canyon Art.
2. The Art of the Hopi, by Jerry and Lois Essary Jacka, 1998, p. 42.
3. Web site: Hopi-Tewa & Hopi Pottery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130329074756/http://www.kinggalleries.com/hopiptr.htm . 29 March 2013 . King Galleries.
4. News: Van Cleve . Emily . 12 August 2007 . Old Ways, New Ideas; younger generations respect Elders, but Express their own vision . 36 . . 1526-5137 .