Navajo Pottery

Navajo Pottery in many Types and Styles

Traditional Navajo Pottery is Covered with Pinon Tree Pitch. Originally this was to make it waterproof as the clay was not fired deep enough to form a true ceramic.

Color Banded Navajo Pottery is etched pottery incorporating bands of differing colors.

Etched Navajo Pottery is a poured ceramic which is the hand carved and painted.

Navajo Horsehair Pottery is a poured ceramic to which real horse hair is burned to create a pattern on the pot.