While 1890s traders wanted cheap Native souvenirs, Hopi potter Nampeyo studied ancient pottery fragments and revived a thousand-year tradition. Using traditional clay, yucca brushes, and ancestral designs, she created the Sikyatki Revival style. She never signed pieces—Hopi art is about memory, not authorship. Honor Nampeyo. Hopi pottery, Nampeyo, Sikyatki Revival, Hopi-Tewa, Indigenous art history, Arizona Native history, cultural continuity. Arizona Native History Indigenous History of Arizona

Nampeyo (aka Old Lady Nampeyo of Hano) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who created some of the most amazing clay vessels in her time. She lived from 1859 - 1942 and would attract visitors from all walks of life including people like artist Maynard Dixon and philanthropist Anita Baldwin. Here at the @smowest you can view what is quite possibly the largest single collection of Nampeyo pieces in the world. The collection has some of the most amazing pieces of hers I’ve ever seen and includes pottery from al

This Hopi pot is so interesting and it tells a great story. The artist is Jeanette Sahu and this pot was made in 1974. What’s so interesting is, even though it’s an award winner and an immaculate piece, it’s unsigned. This speaks to the attitude towards the art that the artist had before, during, and after it was created. Most older pots can be dated by the lack of a signature, but Sahu made pieces like these much later than the aforementioned unsigned pieces would have been produced. Regardless

Old Lady Nampeyo of Hano was born in 1859 and died in 1942 and made pottery most of her life. She began to lose her sight in the early 1900s and would form her pottery and have another person paint the finished pieces. People bring antique Hopi pots into my gallery all of the time that are supposedly Nampeyo pieces. Most of them turn out to be close, but not quite right upon closer examination. This piece however has me leaning in the other direction. The techniques, timeframe, and overall shape