Miniature Seed Jar
Nampeyo, American, 1858/1859 - 1942
Hopi-Tewa
Hopi
Southwest
1907
Terracotta with red and black pigment
Overall: 2 11/16 × 5 1/4 in. (6.8 × 13.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.10106
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
Publication History
Beth Michelle Schrift, Pueblo Pottery of the Churchill Collection at the Turn of the Century: A Representation of Changing Times, 2004, pp. 1-102, ill. p. 83, fig. 35, p. 86, fig. 39.
Provenance
Nampeyo (about 1860-1942), Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Hano Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, August 15-16, 1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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