Posted 10 years ago
Yazmin
(3 items)
Hozoni Pottery Hand painted by Native American Artists; labeled NS125 & signed.
I bought this item, because I thought it may be a Navajo late 70's pottery; I'm not sure of what state if came from, the value, or if it is a replica.
****Trying to obtain information regarding the piece and determine the value.
"Hozoni" is one of the lines manufactured by Cedar Mesa Pottery factory in Blanding, Utah. The company hires Native American workers to decorate and sign the pots. It is not Native American pottery, in that the workers simply decorate the greenware pieces to the specifications of the the factory, they do not create the pottery itself. The company is not owned by Native Americans, but it does employ Native Americans to work in the factory.
There is also a "Hozoni Pottery" in Bluff, Utah, which also apparently produces factory-made giftware with a southwest design, decorated and signed by Native American workers.
Value on the secondary market of either one is strictly as decorative souvenir giftware, not to be confused with that of actual Native American pottery hand-made by a Nataive American potter.