Native American Pottery or No?

[dearmary]

Can't find anything on this.  Estate find, with tags inside.  Foni Feathers Creations, L.P. Jack Originals.  All signed Jack with a number.  Should I consider this as authentic Native American?  or, just Southwestern Art Pottery?  Picked up a few pieces.   Looking forward to your responses.  Thanks

[stormy53_2000]

I think a big clue is that it says “Southwestern Style” on the label.  Real Native Americans would not label their art as a style.

[stormy53_2000]

Additionally, I could not find a single mention of this stuff on Google, eBay, Etsy anywhere.  When someone says it’s Meissen style they mean it’s not really Meissen.  Real Native Americans probably would not make pottery that was unusable either.

[dearmary]

I believe you echoed my thoughts, thanks!

[rubiano98]

I think the words "Foni Feather" tell us what we need to know. Foni = phoney.  I also think that "feather" decoration is a decal rather than hand-painted on. 

[katiej26]

Hi there!

The artist who made the pottery LP Jack, was my mother, Lynn Palmer Jack.  She grew up in Arizona and in her early 20s she started making pottery. I believe she said her mentor was a Navajo woman, so much of her early work in the 70s was a lot of Navajo styles.  Since she herself was not Native she used the name Foni Feather at the time (Foni=phony).  Her style evolved over the years, and changed once we moved to NC, but the feather was one of her favorites to paint.  Yes those feathers are hand painted, not decals.

[jamstrange]

The shape is called a marriage vase.