Navajo Pottery

Pottery Care
It's tempting to use cleaners or other traditional dusting tools on pottery, but it's important not to. Never dust pottery with a feather duster; it can take off paint or scratch the polish. It's best to dust only with a soft cotton cloth to avoid scratching the piece. It's important to remember that your pottery is decorative, not functional.

Make sure you wash you hands before handling pottery. Oils in your skin can discolor polychrome pottery. Also make sure you remove rings and bracelets that can scratch delicate pottery finishes. Be careful not to pick up your piece by the rim and treat handles as decorative features, not handles.

Use two hands, and support the pot from the bottom. To protect the signature on the bottom of a pot, use a leather pad. Use a hair dryer to remove price tags from the bottom of bowls. And if your pot has a propensity to tip, place a plastic bag full of sand inside to stabilize it.

Collecting Indian Pottery
One of the most striking characteristics of
Pueblo Indian pottery is its variety. Variations of texture,
color, form and style of decoration seem to be almost endless.

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