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Nampeyo, Carla Claw – Tile with Sun Katsina and Mountains
3.25" x 5"
$ 125.00
Carla Claw Nampeyo is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and a niece of Fannie Nampeyo. She is also a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. Her brother is Gary Polacca and she is married to Raul Claw (Navajo). She is known for her incised and carved pottery and the use of slips that give the appearance of wood to the surface of her pottery. This is one of her few clay tiles. The front is painted with bee-weed and clay slips. There are is a Sun Katsina, Hano Katsinas, cloud, and mountains. It is a complex piece for the size. It is signed on the back, “C. Nampeyo”.
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Carla Claw Nampeyo is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and a niece of Fannie Nampeyo. She is also a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. Her brother is Gary Polacca and she is married to Raul Claw (Navajo). She is known for her incised and carved pottery and the use of slips that give the appearance of wood to the surface of her pottery. This is one of her few clay tiles. The front is painted with bee-weed and clay slips. There are is a Sun Katsina, Hano Katsinas, cloud, and mountains. It is a complex piece for the size. It is signed on the back, “C. Nampeyo”.
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Carla Nampeyo Claw is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and a granddaughter of Fannie Nampeyo. She is also a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. Her brother is Gary Polacca and she is married to Raul Claw (Navajo). Carla is known for her innovative incised pottery as well as her carved pottery.
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Nampeyo, Carla Claw (b. 1961)
Carla Nampeyo Claw is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and a granddaughter of Fannie Nampeyo. She is also a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. Her brother is Gary Polacca and she is married to Raul Claw (Navajo). Carla is known for her innovative incised pottery as well as her carved pottery.