2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

2017-09 Two-potter eagle-tail seed jar

Eagle Tail Design

  This one pot had two makers, two lives, several owners, and is an example of persistent beauty, a modern rendition of  Nampeyo’s more casual eagle-tail jar 2005-16. As on Nampeyo’s jar, the design on 2017-09 is enlivened by 1) the contrast between...
2008-12 Four Moth Jar – Nampeyo Design

2008-12 Four Moth Jar – Nampeyo Design

Folk Art Butterfly Design

Not two months after I had written the description of 2008-06 by Nampeyo and claimed that this moth design was unique to “The Old Lady,” 2008-12 with the same design by her great-great granddaughter was listed in an eBay auction in New Zealand—of all places. The pot...
1999-05 Butterfly Dancer Pot

1999-05 Butterfly Dancer Pot

Folk Art Butterfly Design

Hopi-Tewa globular seed pot with a design of butterflies encircling the opening, which is red and in the form of a six-pointed star by Hisi Nampeyo. Hisi (Camille Joy Quotskuyva) is the daughter of Dextra and thus the great-great-granddaughter of the “Old Lady.” Given...