Seed Jar

Nampeyo, American, 1858/1859 - 1942
Hopi-Tewa
Hopi
Southwest

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about 1905

Hano black and white on red

Overall: 4 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (11 × 24.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.10107

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: Attached old paper label: "Hopi Nampeyo" - other words on label illegible. In graphite on base: "X"

Exhibition History

The Tradition Continues: Native American Art from New England Collections, Smith College Museum of Art, North Hampton, Massachusetts, March 10-May 29, 1994.

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. 82, fig. 34.

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, 1903-1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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