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Nampeyo of Hano learned to make pottery from her grandmother as a teenager. Inspired by the designs and forms in early Hopi pottery, Nampeyo visited the ruins of her ancestors’ villages in search of motifs that she could reproduce in her own work. Steve Lucas—Nampeyo’s great-great-grandson—coils, polishes, paints, and fires his pottery in accordance with the techniques passed down to him by his grandmothers and aunt, while producing innovative forms. Together, these works show the continuity of techniques, as well as the evolution of form and design, over generations.

From the 2022 exhibition Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, curated by Dillen Peace '19, Native American Art Intern and Sháńdíín Brown '20, Native American Art Intern 

Course History

ANTH 11/NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deb Nichols, Winter 2019

ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Nathaniel Kitchel, Fall 2019

Exhibition History

Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.

One with the Earth: The testimony of Native American Art, Rivier College Art Gallery, Nashua, New Hampshire, October 18, 1992-November 24, 1992.

Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22, 2022-March 12, 2023.

Publication History

[Tamara Northern], "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 41, 1985. (Published in conjunction with Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)

George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 11 and 100 and p. 153, no. 70.

Provenance

Collected by George H. Browne (1857-1931) and Emily Robbins Webster Browne (1861-1942), Cambridge, Massachusetts; given (by Miss Ellen A. Webster, Mrs. Browne's sister) to present collection, 1942.

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