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Hopi-Tewa Polychrome Cylindrical Jar by Nampeyo of Hano - C3801D
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Oct 7th 2016, 1:44pm
It is generally accepted that a potter will not knowingly copy the designs of another potter and a family of potters will not knowingly copy the designs associated with another family of potters. With that in mind, we take a look at the designs of this Hopi-Tewa cylinder.
The stylized birds on this cylinder are of the style that Nampeyo of Hano used based on her exposure to the pottery sherds being excavated at the prehistoric ruins ofSikyatki. Nampeyo is known to not have copied the designs of the Sikyatki potters, but to have been inspired by them and based her designs on what she saw.