Rondina Huma

Hopi

Rondina Huma was born on March 30, 1947 at Keams Canyon, Arizona. A member the Hopi-Tewa Kachina-Parrot Clan, she lived in the village of Polacca at the foot of First Mesa almost her entire life. Self-taught, she started producing pottery around 1973. She does everything in the traditional way, including her exceptional polishing and exquisite painting.

Rondina earned Best of Show awards twice at the Santa Fe Indian Market (1986 and 1996) as well as Best of Division and Best Traditional Pottery. She also earned the Artist Choice Award at the 2001 Santa Fe Indian Market and Best of Class in 2002.

She produces mostly black and red on yellow jars, bowls and miniature bowls. She is best known for her intricate fine-line work containing hundreds of small square ancient Sikyátki designs, a design set that has changed much Hopi-Tewa pottery being produced today.

She signs most of her pottery as: "Rondina Huma Tewa-Hopi" and with her clan symbol: a parrot.

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Sikyatki shard design on a polychrome tanware jar

Polychrome tanware jar with Sikyatki shard design
4 in H by 7.75 in Dia

Medium shard design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with medium shard design
5.5 in H by 6 in Dia

Medium shard and geometric design on a tall neck jar

Tall neck jar with medium shard and geometric design
10.25 in H by 6.75 in Dia

Fine shard and geometric design on a thin neck jar

Thin neck jar with fine shard and geometric design
4.75 in H by 4.25 in Dia

Fine shard and geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with fine shard and geometric design
3.25 in H by 7 in Dia

Fine shard and geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with fine shard and geometric design
3.25 in H by 6.25 in Dia Blue ribbon from 2007 Santa Fe Indian Market

Medium shard geometric design on a tall polychrome jar

Tall polychrome jar with medium shard geometric design
8.25 in H by 6 in Dia

Medium shard geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with medium shard geometric design
3.75 in H by 7 in Dia

Bird element design on a polychrome bowl

Polychrome bowl with bird element design
4.5 in H by 7 in Dia

Thunderbird design on a polychrome plate

Polychrome plate with thunderbird design
2.25 in H by 11.25 in Dia

Large shard design on a polychrome bowl

Polychrome bowl with large shard design
7.25 in H by 9.75 in Dia

Fine shard geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with fine shard geometric design
4.25 in H by 8.25 in Dia

Fine shard geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with fine shard geometric design
4.75 in H by 7 in Dia

Medium shard and geometric design on a polychrome jar

Polychrome jar with medium shard and geometric design
7.25 in H by 7 in Dia

Black and red medium shard design on a yellowware jar

Yellowware jar with black and red medium shard design
4.5 in H by 7 in Dia

Red and black fine shard design on a yellow ware jar

Yellow ware jar with red and black fine shard design
4 in H by 5.5 in Dia

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