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    • 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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1992-05 Polacca “D” Jar – Geometric Motifs

1992-05 Polacca “D” Jar – Geometric Motifs

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Polacca Ware

Hopi, Polacca Ware “D” bowl, 1890-1910 According to Wade and McChesney (1980:77), “Style D Polacca Polychrome or Sikyatki Revival Ware (A.D. 1890-1900) appears to have been a commercial ceramic tradition begun in the closing years of the nineteenth century and...
1990-03 Polacca Mutton Stew Bowl with Arabesque Design

1990-03 Polacca Mutton Stew Bowl with Arabesque Design

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Polacca Ware

Polacca Polychrome Style “C” stew bowl, circa. 1880, unsigned. “Mutton stew bowl form (outward flaring sides); red and black geometric design of crackled white slip; inside band is a series of four Zuni-derived elements; four sided ‘arabesque’ Zuni- derived design on...
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