Artist Media Series
Living Artists
Historic
$ 775.00
Nyla Sahmie Nampeyo is a daughter of Priscilla Nampeyo and a sister of Bonnie Nampeyo, Rachel Sahmie, Randy Sahmie, Jean Sahmie, and Andrew Sahmie. She is a great-great-granddaughter of Annie Healing and a great-great-great-granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano. This large open bowl is coil-built and made from native clay. The bowl is painted with bee-weed (a plant) and highlighted with a red clay slip. The outside of the bowl has feather and cloud designs. The interior is tightly painted with a large Hopi bird, a bird tail, and a red cloud design. It is a complex and traditional Hopi-Tewa design. It was traditionally fired so it has slight blushes across the surface. It is signed on the bottom “Nyla” and a corn plant for Corn Clan.
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