Effigy, Kachina Design
Two applied Koyemsi heads grace this otherwise fairly ordinary Nampeyo vase. Decorating pots with raised decoration is unusual but not unknown at Hopi. The two painted designs on this vase are well below Nampeyo’s standards and create some uncertainty about the jar’s...
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This shallow bowl has an uneven rim and an extra rim coil, typical of Nampeyo’s work. It is often difficult to distinguish between the painting of Nampeyo and her oldest daughter Annie, but the large number of “Nampeyo” associated pots in this collection provides some...
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Pueblo pottery is made by first pressing clay into a shallow dish-shaped base known as a puki in the Tewa language. Additional coils of clay are then laid on the edge of the puki and built up to form the sides of the vessel. Walter Hough (1915:78) describes Nampeyo...
Eagle Tail Design
The splotchy red paint suggests a production date before 1930; I originally estimated 1910 to 1920. The Blairs (1999:92-93) point out that this eagle feather design is characteristic of Nampeyo’s work and is considered as “owned” by her family (as in Nampeyo’s seedpot...
Man Eagle Design
This bowl has a variation of the “man eagle” (Kwatoko) design floated on the clay body, rim dots and a simple exterior design, circa 1910-1912 (?). The extra rim coil indicates that the pot was formed by Nampeyo. Design elements indicate it was probably painted by her...
