Nampeyo, Rachel – Bowl with Rain and Cloud Designs (1970’s)

5"w x 2"h

$ 275.00

Rachel Namingha Nampeyo was a granddaughter of Nampeyo of Hano and a daughter of Annie Healing. She was the mother of noted potters Priscilla Nampeyo, Dextra Quotskuyva, Eleanor Lucas, Emerson Namingha, and Ruth Namingha. She was known for her use of traditional designs on her pottery and for continuing the pottery legacy of her grandmother.  This bowl has a wide base and straight sides. The bowl is made from Hopi clay and painted with bee-weed and red clay slips.  There are cloud, rain, and geometric designs on the surfgace.  The bowl is signed on the bottom, ‘Rachel N. Nampeyo”.  It is in very good with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.