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Last quarter of the 19th century
Height: 3 3/4”
Width: 6 3/4”
Provenance: Southern California Collection
Nampeyo of Hano (1857–1942) was taught how to make pottery by her grandmother and began earning an income as a potter while she was still just a teenager. Less interested in innovation than perfection, Nampeyo took an early interest in the design and form of ancient Hopi pottery, which she believed to be superior to the pottery being created by her contemporaries.
She visited the ruins of ancient villages and copied designs from pieces of prehistoric and protohistoric pottery onto paper, then reproduced the designs on her own vessels. In this very early and rare patterned and shaped vessel, one is reminded of prehistoric Sikyatki pottery. Here, she has decorated the surface with two charming quails.
