1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Folk Art Bird Design, White-slipped, Nampeyo
Pot 2015-05, ca late 1880’s This is an engaging, beautiful jar. For all its beauty, it is also a jar of contradictions; from their interaction would come a renaissance of Hopi pottery. Jar 2015-03 allows us a glimpse into the creative mind of the young Nampeyo....
Effigy, Kitsch, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo
5.063” h (including about 0.9” of handle above the rim) X 6.0” w X 10.125” long including the two mountain sheep heads, one short-necked head is about 1.75” long the other, longer-necked head is about 2.5” long The form of this bowl is “exocentric,” different than...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana, Tile, White-slipped, Nampeyo
Form: Since prehistoric times Hopi women formed flat “tiles” of clay that were fired and then ground to use as temper in the formation of pots. Some decorated tiles may have been made for ritual use in the kivas (Wright, 1977:64). In 1875 Thomas Keam opened the first...
Man Eagle Design, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo
This bowl is somewhat deep, has a slight rim coil, and is kaolin slipped. I showed this bowl to Ed Wade at his home in Sedona, October 13-14, 2013. Ed’s opinion is that it is a Kaolin slip over Sikyatki clay body that also fires quite white. Given the pure white...
Folk Art Other Animal Design, White-Slip Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo
This exocentric little pot is thick-walled and crudely formed. Viewed with the wide end closest to the viewer, the opening is faced slightly to the right and has an uneven lip. From this same perspective, the left side of the vessel has a broader hip and extends...
1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, White-slipped, Nampeyo
Formed ca. 1895-1901, this bowl has an unusual form, an unusual slip, an unusual design and unusually complete provenance. It is one of three known examples of pottery of this shape and design by Nampeyo. There is a well-known posed photograph of Nampeyo and Annie by...
