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ProvenanceRichard Spivey, Pebble Beach, California
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 28.
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.
Artist
Nampeyo
(c. 1860 - 1942, Hopi-Tewa)
Bowl
Datec. 1900-1905
MediumClay, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 8 1/2 in. (7.6 × 21.6 cm)
Object numberT0789
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextNampeyo is considered the greatest potter in the Hopi tradition. In the 1890s she revived the Sikyatki painting style (A.D. 1375- 1625) by copying pottery shards found at the ancient abandoned village of Sikyatki. She painted abstract designs, geometric patterns and anthropomorphic motifs on her hand-coiled pots. Nampeyo’s extraordinary artistic skills and productive output caught the attention of early collectors, anthropologists and tourists. Her influence on other Hopi potters continues to the present and many of her great-granddaughters carry on the tradition.ProvenanceRichard Spivey, Pebble Beach, California
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 28.
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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