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Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs

A work made of ceramic and pigment.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Date:

c. 1895–1910

Artist:

Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1859–1942)
Hano, First Mesa, Arizona

About this artwork

Since historical records have been kept, Pueblo potters have been almost exclusively women. There is every reason to expect that this has always been true. Nampeyo became the most famous potter who revived Hopi ceramic art around the turn of the 20th century. Drawing upon archaeological Sikyatki shapes, colors, and motifs, Nampeyo created her own inventive designs, continuing the Pueblo tradition of resynthesis and renewal. Today her descendants Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo and Fannie Nampeyo carry on the tradition, along with many other excellent potters throughout the Pueblo world.

Status

On View, Gallery 136

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Nampeyo

Cultures

Tewa , Hopi

Title

Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs, Seed Jar with Sikyatki Motifs

Places

United States (Object made in), Hopi, First Mesa (Object made in), Hano (Object made in)

Date

c. 1895-1910

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Inscriptions

Inscribed bottom, top, in black marker: "171".

Dimensions

19.3 × 41.2 × 41.3 cm (7 5/8 × 16 1/4 × 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Laura T. Magnuson and Mary Louise Stevenson endowment funds

Reference Number

2003.52

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