SPECIAL OFFER: Hopi Pueblo Sikyatki Revival Seed Jar [SOLD]

Special Offer: The consignor has requested we offer this jar at a 20% reduction from the original price of $2150, to a new price of $1720.

Rachel is a daughter of Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo. She has seven siblings, all of whom are potters or Katsina doll carvers. Her brothers and sisters are Nyla Sahmie, Jean Sahme, Bonnie Chapella, Randy Sahmie, Andrew Sahmie, Foster Sahmie and Finkle Sahmie.

Rachel has been actively potting from about 1970 to the present. Her specialties are Sikyatki Revival shapes and designs brought back into popularity by her great grandmother, Nampeyo of Hano. She is an accomplished potter as is evident by her success in creating flattop seed jars such as this one—a feat not at all easy. The tendency is for the heavy wet clay to fall inward while drying. It is only an accomplished potter who can prevent that.

This is a beautifully shaped and burnished jar with only the minimal decoration confined to the top of the jar. It is the simplicity of the design and the precision with which it was executed that stands this jar among the finest.