First People Pots

  • About the Collection
    • 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
  • Works Cited
  • Press

2020-02 Jar with Checkerboard Design, Geometric Patterns

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Photographs courtesy of King Galleries.  Click on image to enlarge. The techniques used to make this jar are traditional: organic […]

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2020-01 Big-horned sheep wedding vase

Folk Art Other Animal Design, Wedding Vase

Photographs courtesy of King Galleries.  Click on image to expand.   If big-horned sheep go to heaven, this is what […]

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2019-25 Avian-form white-slip plate

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9.6875″ tail-to-head crest Joy Navasie (1919-2012) was a prolific potter of kaolin white-slipped vessels like the bird plate discussed here. […]

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2019-24 Modern Anasazi-inspired bowl

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  Nathan Begaye’s earliest work as a teenager is strikingly well-painted using a variation of an ancient Sikyatki design (2013-01). […]

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2019-23 Tile with parrot and shard design

Folk Art Bird Design

This tile is much busier and dynamic than most Hopi tiles, yet it retains a sense of serenity and grace. […]

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2019-22 Mini monochromatic flute player bowl

Kachina Design

Pot 2019-22 is significant because it helps define the limits of Nampeyo’s legacy. This is the smallest pot in the collection by […]

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2019-21 Runner: pueblo revolt mask

Effigy

The head is 3.06″ wide (ear-to-ear) and 2.375″ deep (nose to back).  The walls are about 0.5″ thick.  The rawhide […]

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2019-20 Hopi maiden statue

Effigy

The statue is 7.125″ deep (front to back) at the base; 6.125″ deep, chest to the lip of the spout. […]

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2019-19 Talavera vase with creatures

Folk Art Other Animal Design

Each handle is about 0.6875″ deep. This collection has a large number of pots by Nampeyo and these are listed […]

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2019-18 Corrugated jar with “NAMPEYUO” signature

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Pot 2019-18 is the second corrugated pot in the collection that I believe was formed by Nampeyo and painted by […]

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  • 2020-02 Jar with Checkerboard Design, Geometric Patterns
  • 2020-01 Big-horned sheep wedding vase
  • 2019-25 Avian-form white-slip plate
  • 2019-24 Modern Anasazi-inspired bowl
  • 2019-23 Tile with parrot and shard design
  • 2019-22 Mini monochromatic flute player bowl
  • 2019-21 Runner: pueblo revolt mask
  • 2019-20 Hopi maiden statue
  • 2019-19 Talavera vase with creatures
  • 2019-18 Corrugated jar with “NAMPEYUO” signature
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