Hopi – First People Pots

2019-14 Redware bowl with patterned rim

After Nampeyo became functionally blind around 1920 and could no longer paint, she began to add more tactile decorations to the […]

This collection is particularly focused on Nampeyo and her descendants, thus the Nampeyo aesthetic is well represented. Jar 2018-12 is an […]

A reader who is familiar with this catalog and has developed some confidence in my analysis of Hopi pottery should […]

This is a thick, solid bowl with a rim that incurves about one-fifth of an inch. Without penetrating to the […]

This pot is exceptionally thin-walled and therefore light, as if formed on a potter’s wheel. A slight variation in form […]

2.188” h X 2.58” w; 2.31” h X 3.17” w; 3.125” h X 2.31” w, respectively Jake (Jr.) stopped using […]

The design on this polychromatic jar has traditional Hopi designs interspersed with four butterfly images. It is signed with the […]

The design on this jar is a somewhat linear variation of an old Nampeyo design reproduced on the cover and […]

The batwing design was used by Nampeyo and became a classic Nampeyo family design. In my opinion, this batwing design […]

This huge Hopi-Tewa polychrome jar has a decorated rim and an eagle-tail design modified by the addition of elegant red […]