Adobe Gallery Blog

It has been well published that the matriarch Nampeyo of Hano began having eyesight problems around 1920 and her sight continued to deteriorate until she passed away in 1942.  Nampeyo, of Hopi Pueblo, was so experienced by the 1920s at making pottery, she was able to continue forming and finishing pottery vessels even with diminished sight.  What she could no longer accomplish was painting designs on her pottery.

Read more about this historic pottery here.