Seed Jar
Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa / American, 1858/59 - 1942
Hopi-Tewa
Hopi
Southwest
about 1905
Hano black and white on red
Overall: 4 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (11 × 24.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.10107
Geography
Place Made: Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: Attached old paper label: "Hopi Nampeyo" - other words on label illegible. In graphite on base: "X"
Exhibition History
The Tradition Continues: Native American Art from New England Collections, Smith College Museum of Art, North Hampton, Massachusetts, March 10-May 29, 1994.
Publication History
Beth Michelle Schrift, Pueblo Pottery of the Churchill Collection at the Turn of the Century: A Representation of Changing Times, 2004, pp. 1-102, ill. p. 82, fig. 34.
Provenance
Nampeyo (about 1860-1942), Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, 1903-1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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