This is a large bowl 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 bowl is made from red Hopi clay.  It is painted with a white clay slip on the surface. The bowl has mountain and star patterns.  It is also fully polished on the inside of the bowl.  It was traditionally fired to create slight blushes on the surface.  The bow is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Darlene Nampeyo” with an ear of corn to denote the Corn Clan.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.