2011-27 Small Bat Wing Bowl

2011-27 Small Bat Wing Bowl

Bat Wing Design

This small bowl was among the last formed by Priscilla Namingha. It was left unfinished when she died in September 2008 and was painted about seven months later by her daughter, Jean Sahme. Writing on the bottom relates this history: Priscilla Namingha Sept. 2008...
2003-03 Pitcher with Kachina Designs

2003-03 Pitcher with Kachina Designs

Kachina Design

Hopi-Tewa pitcher with a simple polychromatic design of Kachina Mana faces and fine blushing from the firing. Priscilla, a daughter of Rachel and thus great-granddaughter of Nampeyo, was 63 years old when she made this pot in 1987. The pot was sold to me by Marsha...
1993-03 Plain Redware Bowl – Incised Band

1993-03 Plain Redware Bowl – Incised Band

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Hopi plain redware bowl with incised band by Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo. Although it is reminiscent of the incised redware pots made twenty years ago by Garnet Pavatia (using a can opener), Hopi incised pots are unusual. (Though when made, they are usually plainware.)...
1991-05 Jar with Fine-Line Migration Design

1991-05 Jar with Fine-Line Migration Design

Fine-Line Migration Design

Hopi pot, “fine-line migration design,” by Priscilla Namingha (Nampeyo), one of Rachel Namingha’s (1924–2008) five children. Made about 1970. This is a very fine-line rendition of a traditional “Old Lady” Nampeyo design, itself derived from an Anatovi Pueblo design of...