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Datec. 1900
MediumClay
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (19.7 × 34.3 cm)
Object numberT0479
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn the late 1890s, Nampeyo, a Hopi woman, reintroduced the ancient style of Sikyatki pottery (1325-1625) to a community that had largely ceased making ceramics. Sikyatki pots are distinctive for their low shoulders, linear design motifs and dramatic use of black, brown and white paint. Nampeyo’s influence on other Hopi potters was immediate and continues to the present.
ProvenanceHarry Behn, Connecticut; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York City; Rick Dillingham, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographySotheby's. Sale 4166, October 26, 1978, lot 117.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.207.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 237.
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