Hopi tewa pottery nampeyo biography

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Nampeyo (1859 – 1942) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.


hopi tewa pottery nampeyo biography

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Hopi artist Nampeyo [c.1860-1942] established a name for herself making pottery that has roots in a tradition hundreds of years old.

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When she died in 1942, Nampeyo was quite probably the most photographed woman in the Pueblo pottery world.


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When Nampeyo first began making her pots, Hopi motifs had been diluted by the influence of Spanish, Tewa or Zuni designs, most frequently "Mera," the rain bird.