Polychrome Jar
c. 1990
Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1924–2008) Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona
Hopi Tribe of Arizona
The Nampeyo family continues to invent variations on longstanding decorative patterns featured in traditional Hopi pottery. A kaleidoscopic array of motifs—many of ancient origin—present a lively “fractured” design, an approach seen earlier in Hopi Sikyatki ceramics created from 1400 through 1625.
Ceramic and pigment