Description
This jar has a nice Hopi yellow slip with distinctive arbrush and “fire kisses” from being fired traditionally in a pit kiln. The piece features the classic migration design of repeated interlocking lines, one of several designs introduced by the artist’s ancestor, the Hopi-Tewa master potter Nampeyo (c.1858-1942). This piece has an elegant extended neck and exceptionally detailed fine line cross hatching. It has excellent stone polishing, showing it was made by hand as a labor of love. It measures 4 ¾” high by 5 ¾” in diameter and is signed by the artist.
Vernida Polacca Nampeyo, born in 1955 in Polacca, Arizona, is a Hopi-Tewa potter from the renowned Nampeyo family. Taught by her grandmother Fannie Nampeyo, she began creating pottery in the late 1970s. Her work features traditional Hopi-Tewa designs—such as migration patterns and natural symbols—and is known for elegant forms like seed jars. Continuing the Sikyátki revival style, she preserves and evolves her family’s artistic legacy.
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