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There is little doubt in my mind that this jar is by a member of the Nampeyo family and that member would be either Nampeyo of Hano or her oldest daughter Annie Healing.  The jar has the vessel shape of many Nampeyo jars, has the thinness of wall construction of only the finest potter, and has many design elements seen on Nampeyo-made vessels, including stippling.  The interior of the jar is stone polished and yellow in color.  If I only had the ability to perform a DNA analysis on the long black hair imbedded into the interior slip, I would know who the maker was.

Read more about this Hopi pot here..