1992-10 Seedpot with Traditional Nampeyo Avian Design

1992-10 Seedpot with Traditional Nampeyo Avian Design

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Hopi seed pot with feather design, Jean Sahme. The design is an interpretation of the design used by “Old Lady” Nampeyo on a pot that in 1992 was in Richard Howard’s home. The Nampeyo pot that served as the model for pot 1992-10 appears in Robert Ashton (1976:29) and...
1992-08 Elegant Bat-Wing Design Jar

1992-08 Elegant Bat-Wing Design Jar

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Hopi pot, bat wing design by James Garcia Nampeyo. Brother of Rayvin Nampeyo (1992-03) and Melda Garcia Nampeyo (2009-02), James was also raised and taught potting by his grandmother Fannie after his mother Leah died in 1974. James was 16 at the time of his Mother’s...
1991-05 Jar with Fine-Line Migration Design

1991-05 Jar with Fine-Line Migration Design

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...
1991-03 Large Underfired Jar with Eagle-Tail Design

1991-03 Large Underfired Jar with Eagle-Tail Design

Eagle Tail Design

Hopi jar, a variation of the traditional “eagle-feather” Sikyatki/Nampeyo design by Nellie Nampeyo Douma (born 1896; died 1978), one of “Old Lady” Nampeyo’s three daughters. Nellie can do more delicate and balance work (see 1993-02), though Rick Dillingham comments...