Sikyatki-revival Design Hopi Seed Jar [SOLD]

Hopi Pueblo potter Adelle Lalo Nampeyo is a daughter of Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo (1926-1985) and granddaughter of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (1900-1987).  Her sisters are Miriam Tewaguna and Neva Polacca and her brother is Elton Tewaguna.  Adelle credits her mother and grandmother for teaching her the techniques of making pottery and she uses designs traditional to the family, which are mostly designs from Sikyatki pottery that Nampeyo of Hano reintroduced a hundred years ago.

This jar by Adelle features a very traditional Nampeyo family design using a painted square around the opening and four eagle tail designs radiating from that square.  Her application of the design was very precise and the consistency of the paint density is equal throughout.

Condition: original condition

Recommended Reading:  Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Provenance: from the collection of a family from Palm Desert, California, who purchased it in 1996 from the artist