1967.42.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Ceramic bowl with painted decoration

Long description

Circular bowl with inturned rim, of buff-coloured pottery painted yellowish-red with design in black. Signed on the bottom NAMPEYO (famous Hopi potter). [?LMM 1991 1]

Geographical reference

United States of America

Northern America > North America > United States of America

Western USA Arizona

Cultural groups

Hopi

Person

Maker Nampeyo

Field collector L. Taylor-Hansen

Field collector Louise Taylor Hansen

PRM source L. Taylor-Hansen

PRM source Louise Taylor Hansen

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1967

Date collected

By 1967

Acquisition information

Donated: 1967

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Inscribed

Dimensions

Diameter: max 146 mm, Height: max 57 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1967.42.1

Research and responses

Note from Mary Ellen and Lawrence Blair, 16 June 1992: Nampeyo died in 1942. These pots may possibly have been made by her towards the end of her life; they were probably painted and signed with her name by one of her daughters.

Associated publications

This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: ‘Historically, southwestern pottery was made only by women. From the 1920s the best female potters were encouraged to sign their work. Nampeyo was a well-known female Hopi potter who died in 1942. This painted bowl has been signed on the base with her name. It is thought to have been made by Nampeyo towards the end of her life, and painted and signed by one of her daughters.

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel, Writing, Bowl, Inscription