2024-10: Effigy figure of female dancer with tabula

2024-10: Effigy figure of female dancer with tabula

Effigy

  The body of the dancer is 1.625″ deep. The base of the figure is roughly 2-inches square. While the first two items by Darlene that entered this collection are jars (1988-02 and 1989-02), she has become better known for her tiles (2016-04, 2021-14) and...
2021-14 Dramatic butterfly tile

2021-14 Dramatic butterfly tile

Folk Art Butterfly Design, Tile

This collection has more than two dozen pots carrying images of butterflies.  (See “Category” list.)  Its easy to love these flying flowers, but in addition, butterflies at Hopi are a sign that rain has fallen, the desert is blooming and there is hope for...
2016-04 Shard-shaped tile with Saiastasana kachina

2016-04 Shard-shaped tile with Saiastasana kachina

Kachina Design

This 5-sided, irregular-shaped tile depicts Saiastasana, The Zuni Rain Priest of the North, Colton kachina #154. Saiastasana appears in the Bean Dance at First Mesa, Darlene’s home (Colton, 1959:56,136; Colton, 1977: 84-85). At Hopi he usually appears in a group with...
1988-02 Large Eagle-Tail Low-Shouldered Jar

1988-02 Large Eagle-Tail Low-Shouldered Jar

Eagle Tail Design

Hopi low-shoulder jar, eagle-feather design, Darlene Nampeyo. Although an accomplished artist (“Best of Show” at the 1987 Museum of Northern Arizona show), Darlene was not experienced at firing large pots. Born in 1956, she spent a couple of weeks in the summer of...