Hopi Mixed Media Student Drawing, 2001 badger The form of the blocks

The form of the blocks also allows for easily sliding one out along the groove without disrupting the rest of the structure

which made some good ones

which is partially torn away

it is so warmly and specifically done

and documented in detailed photo

Hopi Mixed Media Student Drawing, 2001 badger The form of the blocksI purchased this drawing from a seller who had bought it along with a number of other pieces from the private collector of a teacher who had spent many years working on a Hopi reservation in Arizona, and believe it was made by a student of that teacher. I believe the figure represented in Tasap (Tasaf), the Hopi tribes representation of a Navajo god, beautifully detailed and decorated here in a manner that seems a hybrid of traditional and