Dextra Quostkuyva Nampeyo is certainly one of the most influential Hopi-Tewa potters of the last 50 years. Not only has she taught numerous potters (Steve Lucas, Yvonne Lucas, Les Namingha, Loren Ami, Hisi Nampeyo, to name just a few), but her creative designs and forms changed have dramatically influenced the pottery itself.  This is an earlier jar from the 1970s.  It is thin-walled with a wide shoulder and turned out rim. The shape certainly reminds one of her mother, Rachel Nampeyo’s pottery.  The design is very intricately painted with a katsina mask on either side of an intricately painted spider design.  Separating the katsina masks are bird patterns highlight with a deep red clay.  The lines are very thin and close, as would be expected from her pottery!  This jar is signed on the bottom, “Dextra Quotskuyva (Nampeyo)”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. There is a tag from its entry into the New Mexico State Fair in the 1970s.  A fascinating jar with an equally interesting design!