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Hopi Seed Jar with Eagle Tail Design by Adelle Lalo Nampeyo - C3691D

Category: Pottery | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, Mar 26th 2016, 3:13pm

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.

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