Nampeyo, Tonita - Water Jar with Migration Pattern with 16 Bird Wings (1980s) 
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Nampeyo, Neva – Bowl with Double Bird Wing Design
6.5"w x 4"h
$ 300.00
Neva Nampeyo is a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo, granddaughter of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo. She is a daughter of Richard and Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo. Her sisters Adelle Lalo Nampeyo, Miriam Tewaguna Nampeyo, and brother is Elton Nampeyo are also potters. This bowl is coil built and stone polished. It is painted with bee-weed and red clay slip. The bowl has a series of double bird wing design around the sides. They are filled with thin lines. The bolw is signed, “Neva Nampeyo”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Neva Nampeyo is a great-granddaughter of Nampeyo, granddaughter of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo. She is a daughter of Richard and Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo. Her sisters Adelle Lalo Nampeyo, Miriam Tewaguna Nampeyo, and brother is Elton Nampeyo are also potters. This bowl is coil built and stone polished. It is painted with bee-weed and red clay slip. The bowl has a series of double bird wing design around the sides. They are filled with thin lines. The bolw is signed, “Neva Nampeyo”. 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