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Potter: Nampeyo (Harmless Snake) (Hopi Pueblo, Hano (Tewa Village), First Mesa, 1860–1942)
Native American, Hopi Pueblo
about 1901–04
Object Place: Hopi-Tewa, Hano, First Mesa, Southwest, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Independence Investment Associates, Inc.
Accession Number1995.110
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionShallow, rounded, white-slipped bowl with pieced lug pinched out of body just below rim. Inner painting framed by sequence of bands (narrow, wide, narrow). "C" shape follows the encircling bands and terminates in short spiral with two tear-drop shapes appended. The "C" is crosscut five times repeating the band sequence. A split triangle with scallops points to inside center of "C" from which hang three long bars (red, spotted, red) ending in black triangular points. Bars separated by two red triangles. Three sets of three delicately painted slashes on rim.
ProvenancePurchased in Arizona by Walter Tennyson Swingle (b. 1871 - d. 1952), Washington, DC; to his son [see note]; sold by Swingle's son to Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, Santa Fe, NM; 1995, sold by Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 1995)
NOTE: According to the dealer, Swingle's son found this bowl in the attic of his East coast home in a box marked "Nampeyo."
NOTE: According to the dealer, Swingle's son found this bowl in the attic of his East coast home in a box marked "Nampeyo."