Longhair Seed Pot

Hand-coiled Hopi pottery seed pot by Delmar Polacca, featuring a carved and painted Longhair (Angak’china) Kachina holding a rattle. The figure is rendered in low relief with incised detailing and black slip outlining, set against a textured red band that contrasts with the smooth natural clay surface. Longhair Kachinas are associated with prayers for rain, fertility, and the growth of crops, often appearing in dances that call for gentle, life-giving moisture. Polacca’s work is known for these sculptural, wraparound figures that integrate traditional Hopi pottery techniques with a more dimensional, narrative style. Traditionally fired, with a small opening at the base typical of seed pot construction, and signed on the underside.

2” Width, 2.5” Height