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- 210301-10 Old Lady Nampeyo of Hano
210301-10 Old Lady Nampeyo of Hano
3 1/2" x 5 3/4"
c. 1910
(1856-1942) - Hopi Polychrome Jar
Restoration: a rim chip glued back in (close up shows a vertical line which is basically where the chip is) and restored and a vertical hairline crack is restored from the chip, down the body to about the mid point. Older repair, but difficult to see. Slight general paint wear as pictured.
The village of Hano on Arizona's First Mesa was established around 1700 by Tewa refugees fleeing from Spanish oppression in New Mexico. Even though they learned many of the Hopi ways and intermarried into that Nation, the Tewa maintained their own speech and ceremonial practices. They became known as the Hopi-Tewa. In 1860, Nampeyo of Hano was born to a Tewa mother and a Hopi father, and thus began a life that would gain fame and honor as a master potter of her people.