Hopi Polychrome Migration Design Jar [SOLD]

This Hopi Pueblo jar has a modified version of the Sikyatki migration pattern.  The modification is in the wavy elements floating around the shoulder.  More often, fine lines fill this area, but in this instance, the artist filled it in with brown pigment.  Below this migration element are pendant eagle feathers.  The large amount of dark brown provides a richness to the jar when combined with the warm golden glow achieved from the firing process. The jar is signed Fannie Nampeyo on the base of the vessel.

Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (1900-1987) was an outstanding potter. She was one of three daughters of Nampeyo of Hano and was the last of the three to pass away.  As a result, she is probably the best known of Nampeyo's daughters.  Fannie was particularly adept at making fine, well-balanced pottery vessels.  She seemed to be particularly outstanding at applying just the right design to fit the scale and shape of the vessel.

Condition: very good condition with a small rim chip having been professionally restored.

Provenance: this Hopi Polychrome Migration Design Jar from a gentleman in Albuquerque who inherited it from his grandmother

hRecommended Reading: Nampeyo and Her Pottery by Barbara Kramer