Eagle Tail Design
The design on this pot is especially well done, and it fits the pot perfectly. This is as fine a signed Annie pot as I have seen. When viewed from above, the monochromatic black design is particularly delicate, intricate, and perfectly balanced—a bit like a snowflake....
Bat Wing Design
The batwing design was used by Nampeyo and became a classic Nampeyo family design. In my opinion, this batwing design was the most elegant design painted by Fannie. [For another batwing jar painted by Fannie, see 2009-14.] Annie was born in 1883; her daughter Rachel...
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Small Hopi-Tewa pot with abstract bird design, clearly signed “Annie Nampeyo” on the bottom. 1930s-1940s (?). While this is not a major piece of pottery, it was done with more care (and better firing) than 1999-13. For a finer signed Annie pot, see 2009-04. For the...
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Small under-fired pot with an irregular edge and simple exterior design. The pot carries a Fred Harvey “From the Hopi Villages” sticker and is signed “Annie Nampeyo,” ca. 1930s. Like her sister Nellie’s pot (1991-03), this pot is under-fired and thus the clay is not...
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Black on red clay pottery bowl of Hopi-Tewa origin with a pierced lug, rim ticking and an abstract design. Probably shaped by Nampeyo and painted by her daughter Annie. Kramer believes the bowl might have been made as early as ca. 1905. (See below.) In a letter dated...
