Tyra Naha
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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.
[edit] See also
- Paqua Naha - aka "Frog Woman" great-grandmother
- Helen Naha - aka "Feather Woman" grandmother
- Rainy Naha - mother (properly Rainell)
- Sylvia Naha - aunt
[edit] 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
