Bat Wing Design, Fine-Line Migration Design
A large asymmetric Hopi-Tewa pot with polychromatic design of five thin parallel framing lines around the neck, with intermittent black squares forming “steps,” two thicker framing lines, the bottom one is faded and is the only red on the pot, a wide band formed of...
Fine-Line Migration Design
Hopi low-shouldered pot, fine line design, by Rachel Namingha Nampeyo, (born 1903; died 1985) daughter of Annie Nampeyo and mother of Priscilla. (For pots in the collection by Annie Healing and Priscilla Namingha, see the Artist List.) Similarly designed pots a) on...
Fine-Line Migration Design
Tall Hopi vase, fine-line design by Jake Koopee Nampeyo. Born on March 31, 1970, Jake has been variously described to me as a dental student in South Carolina or a South Carolina University dropout. His grandmother is Marie Koopee (see 1994-17); his mother is Georgia...
Fine-Line Migration Design
Hopi pot, fine-line migration design by Rayvin Nampeyo (born 1961). Rayvin is brother of James G. Nampeyo (1992-08) and they are the sons of Leah Nampeyo (1991-04), one of Fannie’s seven children. Their sister is Melda Garcia (2009-02). When Leah died in 1974, James...
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...
Fine-Line Migration Design
Hopi jar, migration design, Tonita Hamilton (Nampeyo), one of Fannie’s seven children. (Born 1934.) In May 1981, I had won a bet with Mom by correctly guessing that Tonita had made a similar, larger, pot for sale at the Case Trading Post (Wheelwright Museum). If...
