2019-08 Jar with two inverted bird images

2019-08 Jar with two inverted bird images

This seedjar was once almost trash.  Now it is both a significant part of this collection and helps explain the uncertain history of another pot I bought 9 years ago (2010-20).  Together the two pots give us some insight into Nampeyo family history. The pot is signed...
2010-04 Wedding Vase with Avian Designs and Corn

2010-04 Wedding Vase with Avian Designs and Corn

This vase has avian designs on each side and corn motifs on the ends. These designs are not identical and there is an imaginative spontaneity of design. The corn reflects Nellie’s membership in the Corn Clan. The polychromatic painting on this pot is as fine as I have...
1993-02 Grey Bowl with Mixed Designs

1993-02 Grey Bowl with Mixed Designs

Hopi pot with abstract Sikyatki bird design, by Nellie Nampeyo. According to an inscription on the bottom, this pot was “Given to Naomi White Bear by Nellie, October 6, 1971.” Nellie died in 1978. Thus, like 1992-09, this pot was given to the White Bears by its maker....
1991-03 Large Underfired Jar with Eagle-Tail Design

1991-03 Large Underfired Jar with Eagle-Tail Design

Hopi jar, a variation of the traditional “eagle-feather” Sikyatki/Nampeyo design by Nellie Nampeyo Douma (born 1896; died 1978), one of “Old Lady” Nampeyo’s three daughters. Nellie can do more delicate and balance work (see 1993-02), though Rick Dillingham comments...