Tyra Naha

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 Nation, Arizona, 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]

Bearclaw design seedpot

Tyra Naha's daughter, Amber Naha-Black, is also an award-winning potter.of the dungeon [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.

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  • Helen Naha – aka "Feather Woman" grandmother - one other person

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
  1. www.canyonart.com http://www.canyonart.com/hopipots.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. The Art of the Hopi, by Jerry and Lois Essary Jacka, 1998, p. 42. ISBN 0-87358-628-X
  3. http://www.kinggalleries.com/hopiptr.htm, scroll down to Amber Naha-Black
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