Collection Highlights
Pee-Posh
Pottery Collection –
over 600 pieces of Pee-Posh/Piipaash (Maricopa) pottery. These objects were
produced by artists from the Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. They include works by Ruth Antone, Theroline
Bread, Vesta Bread, Ron Carlos, Phyllis Johnson Cerna, Barbara Johnson, Mary
Johnson, Mary Juan, Alma Lawrence, Lena Meskeer, Grace Monahan, Emily Percharo,
Antoinette Pinon, Anita Redbird, Ida Redbird, Malinda Redbird, Beryl Stevens,
Gertrude Stevens, Elsie Stewart, Dorothea Sunn-Avery, Cloritta Sundust-Johnson,
Evelyn Yarmata, and Lula Young.
Some of this collection is available for
viewing on the Arizona Memory Project
Historic
Period O’Odham Collection
– objects made by O’Odham people. These objects were produced by artists from
the Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and
the Tohono O’Odham Nation. They include works by the Angea family, Jacob
Butler, Michael Chiago, Chepa Domingo, Franco Domingo, Corline Flores, Alice
Francisco, Rikki Francisco, Leona Garcia, Molly Havier, Juanita Jones, Suzie
Ramon, Dolores Stevens, Lillian Thomas, Lola Thomas, and Elena Xavier.
Some of this collection is available for
viewing on the Arizona Memory Project
