Historic Hopi Pottery - Elmore Indian Art

"Bear Clan Chief" by Neil David	"In Search of Nampeyo"	Early Hopi Ethnographic Canteen, c.1870s	Hopi Black on White Seed Jar by Helen Naha (Feather Woman)
Hopi Black on Yellow Jar, c.1920	Hopi Jar attributed to Fannie Nampeyo	Hopi Koshare Drummer	Hopi Large Open Bowl with Shard Designs
Hopi Migration Design Jar by Vernida Polacca Nampeyo	Hopi Migration Jar by Nellie Nampeyo	Hopi Open Bowl with Bird by Sadie Adams	Hopi Polacca Canteen by Nampeyo, c.1880-1885
Hopi Polacca Canteen, c. 1890	Hopi Polacca Polychrome Deep Bowl, c.1875	Hopi Polychrome Bowl by Nellie Nampeyo, c.1930	Hopi Polychrome Bowl with Rainbird Design by Nampeyo, c.1900
Hopi Polychrome Bowl, Violet Huma	Hopi Polychrome Canteen by Nampeyo, c.1900	Hopi Polychrome Canteen, c.1905	Hopi Polychrome Jar by Nampeyo, c.1920
Hopi Polychrome Jar with Sherd Design by Bernadette Poleahla	Hopi Polychrome Jar, c.1950-60	Hopi Polychrome Moth Seed Jar by Vernida Polacca Nampeyo	Hopi Polychrome Open Bowl by Nampeyo, c.1895-1900
Hopi Polychrome Storage Jar by Fawn Navasie	Hopi Polychrome Storage Jar by Paqua Naha (Frog Woman)	Hopi Polychrome Yellowware Jar, c.1910	Hopi Redware Lidded Jar by Zella Cheeda
Hopi Seed Jar by Garnet Pavatea, c.1950-1960	Hopi Seed Jar by Paqua Naha	Hopi Small Polychrome Dish with Lug, c.1905	Hopi White Slipped Seed Jar by Nellie Nampeyo
Hopi White-Slipped Kachina Canteen by Lena Charlie	Hopi Yellowware Canteen by Nampeyo, c.1910	Hopi Yellowware Jar with Dimpled Shoulder by Nellie Douma Nampeyo	Hopi Yellowware Open Bowl by Nampeyo, c.1900-1905
Hopi Yellowware Pottery Rattle, c.1900	Huge Hopi Black on Red Seed Jar by Garnet Pavatea	Large Hopi Polychrome Open Bowl Attributed to Paqua, c.1930	Large Hopi Polychrome Open Bowl by Fannie Nampeyo updated
Large Hopi Polychrome Open Bowl by Jeremy Adams Nampeyo	Large Hopi Polychrome Wedding Vase by Ida Poola Susunkewa	Large Hopi Sikyatki Revival Seed Jar by Bobby Silas	Old Hopi Kiva Bowl, c. 1900
Old Polacca Gourd Canteen, c. 1885	Old Polacca Jar, c. 1880	Pair of Classic Hopi Cylinder Vases from the 1930s	Polacca Bowl by Nampeyo, c.1895
Polacca Effigy Jar by Nampeyo, c.1885	Rare Black on Red Handled Bottle Form by Nampeyo, c.1905	Rare Hopi Bowl by Nampeyo and Fannie, c.1925 updated	Short Hopi Cylinder Vase, c.1930
Small Hopi Canteen by Nampeyo, c. 1920	Tohono O'Odham Friendship Bowl	Two Hopi Ceramic Photo Frames, c.1920	Two Hopi Open Bowls by Nampeyo
Unusual Square Black on Red Pottery Jar by Nampeyo, c.1900-1910	Very Nice Hopi Bowl, unsigned	Hopi Bowl, c.1920 Nampeyo Family	Hopi Polychrome Bowl, Nampeyo Family c.1905
Hopi Pottery Bowl c.1940	Hopi Black on Red Bowl, c.1935	Hopi Polychrome Bowl, signed	Hopi Black on Red Bowl, c.1960-70
Hopi Bowl, c.1925-30	Hopi Polychrome Bowl, c.1920	Hopi Polychrome Bowl, c.1930	Hopi Polychrome Bowl by Nellie Douma Nampeyo, c.1930
Hopi Polychrome Jar, c.1930	Hopi Polychrome Lidded Jar, c.1950	Hopi Polychrome Open Bowl, c.1930	Hopi Polychrome Vase, c.1929

Hopi Pottery

Located in Northern Arizona atop three large mesas are the Hopi pueblos. On First Mesa there is a long tradition of pottery making that was ultimately shaped by the master potter Nampeyo at the turn of the 20th century. Nampeyo is credited with the revival of a prehistoric Hopi pottery type named Sikyatki after an archaeological site near First Mesa. In addition to the distinct designs that Nampeyo revived, Hopi pottery is also known for it wonderful blushes. The blushes are created by a combination of the natural iron rich clay and the pit firing technique. It is the tonal yellow to dark orange surface of Hopi pottery that distinguishes it from the other Pueblos.

Pueblo Pottery

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Acoma Pottery
Cochiti Pottery
Contemporary Pueblo Pottery
Hopi Pottery
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Santo Domingo Pottery
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