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Nampeyo of Hano, in the late 1800s, secured clay from the area and made pottery on which she applied designs she witnessed from earlier Polacca Polychrome shards.  She used those prehistoric designs as inspiration for her new creations.

This jar is of a vessel shape closely allied with Nampeyo.  The rim of the jar rolls outward with just a slight curve, almost indistinguishable.  The design is unique.  It does not appear to be documented in any published collection so it is probably a design developed by Nampeyo from another design from which she improvised.

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