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    • Introduction from the Collection Owner
    • Dedication
    • Some Uses of the Collection & Website
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Hopi Social History and the Transition from Polacca to Sikyatki Revival Style Pottery
    • Appendix B: A Tale of Two Pots: Ancient Sikyatki and bowl 1993-04: The Development of Nampeyo’s Style
    • Appendix C: Appreciations of Nampeyo
    • Appendix D: Ranking “Nampeyo” Pots
    • Appendix E: Nampeyo’s signed pottery, a history & theory
    • Appendix F: Nampeyo’s Design Elements
    • Appendix G: Stephen letter to Keam re Ayer collection
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2010-18 Vase with folk hummingbirds and flowers

2010-18 Vase with folk hummingbirds and flowers

Folk Art Bird Design

This vase has a graceful, flower-like shape with a base of about 3 inches, widening out to a maximum width of 4.75 inches and then curving inward to a mouth of 3.625 inches with an inward-sloping lip of .25 inches. The lip is painted black, as are wide-over-thin...
2010-17 Basket-Formed Piki Bowl, 1880-1920?

2010-17 Basket-Formed Piki Bowl, 1880-1920?

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Utility Pots

The bowl has an outside radius of 10 inches. The bottom 6 inches were formed in a basket; the remaining 4 inches were added with clay coils. The basket had about 30 coils. The edge coil of the basket was finished with a toothed edge forming small triangles whose...
2010-03 Vertical Polacca “C” Polychrome Canteen with Flowers and Birds

2010-03 Vertical Polacca “C” Polychrome Canteen with Flowers and Birds

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design, Polacca Ware

Collected at Hopi ca 1879 According to Wade and McChesney, vertical Polacca canteens of this form are derived from the older San Bernardo tradition (1981:569). The Keam collection contains examples of such San Bernardo canteens (1981:73) and similar Polacca B vessels...
2009-24 Sikyatki Revival Helmet/Stew Bowl Formed in Basket

2009-24 Sikyatki Revival Helmet/Stew Bowl Formed in Basket

Utility Pots

The interior flared rim of the bowl is decorated with eight panels of design separated by three vertical lines. Each panel is divided into two triangular sections by a diagonal line. Below the line another triangle encloses unpainted surface of the pot. This image is...
2009-15 Double-Chambered Salt Container – Simple Decoration – Red Rim

2009-15 Double-Chambered Salt Container – Simple Decoration – Red Rim

Utility Pots

This double-chambered, casually formed, and heavy Hopi container has a simple polychromatic decoration and red rims. It is an unusual shape for a Hopi or Hopi-Tewa pot. Red lips on a Sikyatki Revival pot are also unusual and might indicate a production date toward the...
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