Vintage Hopi Pottery Split-Spout Watering or Wedding Vase by G. Yesslith

Description

Beautiful Hopi Split-Spout Watering Vase in fantastic shape!
This is an old beautiful Hopi split-spout watering or wedding vase made by (Janet?) G. Yesslith.
This vase
measures 5 1/2" high x 5" wide at the spouts.
There was a paper in the pot stating this was by "
Good-one" Yesslith.  Though we
surmise
created this pot but we are unable to find any biographical info to substantiate this. There is a Janet G. Yesslith from Keams (Not to be confused with Janell Yesslith),
Alta Yesslith grew also up in Keams Canyon and is the sister of Perry Navasie, niece of Eloise Navasie and daughter-in-law of Joy Navasie (Frog Woman)….the long line of Hopi potters.
Her husband, Dan Tsinnijinnie Yesslith, a Navajo potter: often works with Alta on their pottery. So through inter-tribal marriage their is a familial connection there somewhere. We've seen many of Alta's pots,
Alta
Tsinnijinnie signed pots
and pots by D. Yesslith who we assume is Dan
but this is the only one like this we've seen and we have had it a long time.
As
there
is no uniting loop incorporated into this vase we hesitate to call it a wedding vase. Many tribes used double spouted pots for watering 2 rows of plants at once. The wedding vase has been a part of Pueblo tradition for centuries. The two spouts represent two separate lives. The top part of the vase, the looped "handle" unites these two lives as one. For the ceremony the vase is filled with Indian holy water. The bride drinks from one side and the groom from the opposite side. This is the same as exchanging wedding bands. The married couple will keep this vase throughout their married life.
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