Kachina Design
Daisy Hooee Nampeyo made this pot in 1984. Although the design is used by Nampeyo family members, it is unusual. For another pot in this collection with a similar design, see 2011-04. For biographies of Daisy, see Fowler (1977) and Butterfield (1980). See also, the...
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Hopi Pot, Steve Lucas. 1993. Traditional “migration” design on a traditional Hopi shape pot. Steve is the brother of Karen Lucas and the grandson of Rachel Namingha Nampeyo (see 1989-06 and 1994-12). Steve’s Mother, Eleanor, did not make much pottery; he was trained...
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This is a classic Sikyatki revival pot with an abstract bird design and beautiful blushed clay coloring. The use of the plain blushed clay body to set off the graceful design is reminiscent of “Old Lady” Nampeyo’s work. In contrast to her great-great grandmother,...
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Jar made ca. 1950. Cecelia (a Pima Indian, born 1906) was the wife of Wesley Lesso, “Old Lady” Nampeyo’s only adult son. Pictures of Cecelia and Wesley are in Barsook (1974) (with a picture of a Cecelia pot). For another pot by Cecelia, see 2003-02. Both Cecelia and...
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The shape of this jar is modern and the design, though a version of the traditional Nampeyo bird-wing/migration design, also has a modern feel since it is starkly placed on the otherwise plain pot. Thus, like “Old Lady” Nampeyo (1993-04), the background becomes part...
