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It is quite likely that Lester purchased Hopi pottery from Hubbell at Ganado.  This jar, bearing his paper label could not have been sold by Lester after 1914, the year he moved to California.  If it was made in the first decade of the 20th century, as we suspect, it was most certainly made by Nampeyo of Hano.

The jar bears resemblance to many of Nampeyo's jars with a wide mid-body and a short rising rim that rolls outward just so slightly.  The design on the shoulder was arranged in a beautiful style and the painting was applied with extreme precision.  The rectangular element suspended from the design is a variation of the Sikyatki bird design used by Nampeyo on many examples of her pottery.  The extension of the fine black line from the upper and lower designs serves to provide upper and lower framing lines.

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