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Nampeyo, Darlene – 14″ Wide Migration Design Jar (1990s)
14"w x 9"h
$ 1,200.00
WOW! This is an exceptional large jar by Darlene Nampeyo James. She is a great-great-granddaughter of noted potter Nampeyo of Hano as a descendant through her eldest daughter Annie and Annie’s eldest daughter Rachel. Darlene’s mother is Ruth James, a sister of Dextra Quotskuyva, Eleanor Lucas, and Priscilla Namingha. She learned to make pottery from her aunts, Dextra and Priscilla. Her pottery is more traditional in style and she continues to use Hopi clay for her pottery and paint with bee-weed for the black. This is one of the large pieces we have seen of her work. The jar is coil built, painted with bee-weed and red clay slip. The jar has a very wide shoulder and a short neck with a turned-out rim. It is the classic migration pattern that dominates the surface of this piece. The migration pattern, or bird wings, extends around the entire jar in 6 sections on top and 6 on the bottom for a total of 12. The jar has thin lines connecting the bird wings. The piece was traditionally fired to create the striking visual coloration of deep red, orange, and white areas. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Darlene Nampeyo” with an ear of corn to denote Corn Clan. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo said of the migration pattern:
“This is the one design that was really stressed for us to use, the migration pattern. Nothing but lines, representing the migration of all the people to all the places, including down below and up above. All the x’s represent life from the bottom and top, telling you the universe is one. The thin lines, I just wanted to paint them real fast and real close to try and include everyone.” Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo, Spoken Through Clay
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WOW! This is an exceptional large jar by Darlene Nampeyo James. She is a great-great-granddaughter of noted potter Nampeyo of Hano as a descendant through her eldest daughter Annie and Annie’s eldest daughter Rachel. Darlene’s mother is Ruth James, a sister of Dextra Quotskuyva, Eleanor Lucas, and Priscilla Namingha. She learned to make pottery from her aunts, Dextra and Priscilla. Her pottery is more traditional in style and she continues to use Hopi clay for her pottery and paint with bee-weed for the black. This is one of the large pieces we have seen of her work. The jar is coil built, painted with bee-weed and red clay slip. The jar has a very wide shoulder and a short neck with a turned-out rim. It is the classic migration pattern that dominates the surface of this piece. The migration pattern, or bird wings, extends around the entire jar in 6 sections on top and 6 on the bottom for a total of 12. The jar has thin lines connecting the bird wings. The piece was traditionally fired to create the striking visual coloration of deep red, orange, and white areas. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Darlene Nampeyo” with an ear of corn to denote Corn Clan. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo said of the migration pattern:
“This is the one design that was really stressed for us to use, the migration pattern. Nothing but lines, representing the migration of all the people to all the places, including down below and up above. All the x’s represent life from the bottom and top, telling you the universe is one. The thin lines, I just wanted to paint them real fast and real close to try and include everyone.” Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo, Spoken Through Clay
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Nampeyo, Darlene James (b. 1956)
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Darlene Nampey, Hopi, 2016[/caption]
Darlene is a great-great granddaughter of noted potter Nampeyo of Hano as a descendant through her eldest daughter Annie and Annie's eldest daughter Rachel. Her mother is Ruth James, a sister of Dextra Quotskuyva, Eleanor Lucas and Priscilla Namingha. Darlene learned to make pottery from her aunts, Dextra and Priscilla. The designs are all painted with bee-weed (black) and then traditionally fired to create the blushes on the clay surface Darlene's pottery can be found in museums throughout the Southwest. She has also won ribbons at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Market.
Darlene Nampey, Hopi, 2016[/caption]
Darlene is a great-great granddaughter of noted potter Nampeyo of Hano as a descendant through her eldest daughter Annie and Annie's eldest daughter Rachel. Her mother is Ruth James, a sister of Dextra Quotskuyva, Eleanor Lucas and Priscilla Namingha. Darlene learned to make pottery from her aunts, Dextra and Priscilla. The designs are all painted with bee-weed (black) and then traditionally fired to create the blushes on the clay surface Darlene's pottery can be found in museums throughout the Southwest. She has also won ribbons at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Market.