White-Slip Ware
Annie Healing (Nampeyo) was probably in her late 40’s or early 50’s when she made this bowl. Signed with her name, it was clearly made to sell to tourists. However its utilitarian form, white slip and red lip reflect a Polacca polychrome tradition that was typical of...
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This is a particularly well-formed jar and has a strong visual presence in spite of its modest size and unexceptional painting. It is included in this collection because of the signature on the bottom: “Nempayo.” Form: The form of jar 2015-14 is slightly bulbous,...
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This seed pot is spectacular in form with an unusual abstract decoration. The vessel rises symmetrically from its base to form a bowl, then curves inward to enclose the opening of the bowl, leaving a 2.5” mouth. The junction between the bowl and the top is...
Kachina Design
Hopi-Tewa bowl with incurved rim and polychromatic design of a stylized kachina. Like a number of the pots in the collection depicting birds (2006-12 and category list), butterflies (2008-08 and category list), or kachinas (1997-09 and category list), the drawing of...
Eagle Tail Design
This jar is signed “Nampeyo/Fannie” and marked “1942” in pen. Apparently, Nampeyo formed it and her daughter Fannie painted it. Nampeyo probably began potting when she was a teenager in the 1870s; her Sikyatki Revival style dates from the early 1880s. Her eldest...
