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Namingha, Jocelyn Quam – Jar with Eagle Feathers and Rising Sun
5"w x 4.25"h
$ 650.00
Jocelyn Quam Namingha is the wife of noted potter Les Namingha. This jar is coil-built, stone polished, and painted with bee-weed (black). The jar is thin-walled and has a round shoulder and short neck. The piece is painted on the shoulder with alternating eagle feathers and a rising sun design. It is very tightly painted and a design that seems both modern and traditional. It is signed on the bottom, “Jocelyn Quam Namingha”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Jocelyn Quam Namingha is the wife of noted potter Les Namingha. This jar is coil-built, stone polished, and painted with bee-weed (black). The jar is thin-walled and has a round shoulder and short neck. The piece is painted on the shoulder with alternating eagle feathers and a rising sun design. It is very tightly painted and a design that seems both modern and traditional. It is signed on the bottom, “Jocelyn Quam Namingha”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Quam Namingha, Jocelyn (b. 1965)
Jocelyn Quam Namingha is from Zuni Pueblo. She is married to Les Namingha, who taught her to make pottery. She began making pottery in 1996. Today she makes very little pottery.