Nampeyo, photographed by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901. Autry Museum #N.30,539. Note the jars with eagle-tail-designs on either side of the potter.
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FREE. No RSVP necessary.
Diane Dittemore, ASM associate curator of ethnology, will share highlights of ASM’s Hopi pottery by Nampeyo (~1858-1942) and her many descendants. Nampeyo was a stellar pottery maker, known for her interpretations of ancient Hopi pottery styles. She was the first Southwestern Native potter to become known to the American public through traders promoting her wares, her travels across the country and through summer residencies demonstrating at the Grand Canyon. Nampeyo left a legacy that dozens of her descendants have drawn upon in their own works. Dittemore has just updated the ASM web exhibit, A Nampeyo Showcase, that was first launched in 2000.