Miniature Seed Jar
Elva Nampeyo, Hopi / American, 1926 - 1985
Hopi-Tewa
Hopi
Southwest
1963-1964
Terracotta and pigment
Overall: 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (8.2 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
164.42.15517
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: "Elva Nampeyo" on base, also "#6"
Provenance
Trading Post, Polacca, Arizona; sold to Alfred Frank Whiting (1912-1978) for Dartmouth College Museum, 1964.
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