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Craftsperson: Betty Manygoats
Biographical information on Betty Manygoats and other Indian potters of the Southwest.

Navajo pitch pottery is a low temperature fired ceramic. Variations in color and dark areas on the pots that are referred to as "fire clouds" result from and are a "signature" of the traditional firing process that uses sheep dung as fuel.

This is a Horned Toad effigy bowl by Navajo potter Betty Manygoats.

This horned toad effigy pot was hand built, decorated, and fired by traditional methods by Betty Manygoats.

Its coloration is slightly darker than captured here by these images and is more consistant with the color of dark honey.

This piece is signed by the artist, "BM."

Size: 6"long x 5" wide x 3.75" tall.

This is another view of the Navajo pottery Horned Toad effigy bowl by Betty Manygoats.

This rear view shows the fire clouds on the Horned Toad effigy pot by Betty Manygoats.

The two images above show the shape, texturing, and the "fire clouds" of the horned toad effigy pot by Navajo potter, Betty Manygoats. FIre clouds are produced by the traditional method of using sheep or cow dung as a fuel to fire pottery.
The images below show the face of the toad (left), and the little feet of the horned toad as well as the artist's signature (both right).

This is a face and front view of the Horned Toad effigy pot by Betty Manygoats.

This Navajo pottery effigy bowl by Betty Manygoats even has feet.

The horned toad is of course not a toad at all, but any of several new-world small, scaly, insect-eating lizards with a flattened body, short tail, and horn-like spines.
A powerful symbol to the Navajo people, "Noted artist Shonto Begay explains in his book 'Ma'ii and Cousin Horned Toad, 'Whenever we come upon a horned toad we gently place it over our heart and greet it, 'Ya ateeh shi che' ('Hello, my grandfather'). We believe it gives strength of heart and mind. We never harm our grandfather.' "
From "Enduring Traditions, Art of the Navajo," by Lois Essary Jacka

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Item Number: 97-BM- 624
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