Navajo Pottery by Rita Manygoats is featured at Bair's Indian Trading.

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Handmade Navajo Indian Pottery
Craftsperson: Rita Manygoats
Biographical information on Rita 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 vase by Navajo potter Rita Manygoats is decorated with appliquéd horned toads (see below), and has been coated with pinon pitch. The vase is signed "R. Manygoats" with the added, "-Navajo-" on the opposite side of the pot base.

Pottery vase by Navajo maker Rita Manygoats

Size: 7.75" tall; approximately 5" diameter at the widest part of vase.
The horned toads are 2" long.

This close-up shows the horned toads on the Navajo pitch pottery vase by Rita Manygoats.

Here's a close-up of the horned toads.

Please note that we make every attempt to accurately represent the shades of colors of pottery and of all other items, but there will likely always be some variation between colors viewed on one person's computer and monitor and the colors viewed on our computer. When possible we try to point out and describe any variation we notice between the image on our screen and the actual item.

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Item Number: 97-RM-825
Price: $85.00
This item has been sold, but others are available. Please contact us.
S/H: $14.90, includes insurance.

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Traditional designs of corn, ye'iis, cactus, and geometric shapes are appliquéd and incised on Navajo pottery. Some artists, like Elizabeth Manygoats and others craft these "lifestyle pots," that feature elements from their daily life on the reservation. Navajo pitch pottery is a low temperature fired ceramic and dark areas or "fire clouds" result from and are a "signature" of the firing process that uses sheep dung as a fuel. Most Navajo pottery is coated with the pitch of pinon trees, (any of several small pines with edible seeds), that gives it the glossy finish, for the original purpose of waterproofing the pot.

Navajo pitch pottery.

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