Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery

by Jesse Walter Fewkes

One of richest sources of pre-Columbian design from Sikyatki on vases, bowls, plates. Hundreds catalogued and birds, animals, clouds, lightning, demon motifs. Source of rich, powerful designs. 564 illustrations, interpretative text.

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1973

About the author

Jesse Walter Fewkes (November 14, 1850 – May 31, 1930) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, writer, and naturalist.

Fewkes was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 14, 1850, and initially trained as a zoologist at Harvard University. He later turned to ethnological studies of the Native American tribes in the American Southwest.