White Slip Period

During the late 1890s and early 1900s, the Hopi-Tewa master potter Nampeyo of Hano entered a highly distinctive, experimental phase frequently referred to by scholars and collectors as her White Slip Period. Before fully committing to the unslipped, yellowware polychrome Sikyatki Revival style that defined her legacy, Nampeyo utilized a fine white clay slip as a canvas for her pottery. This brief but brilliant era represents a crucial evolutionary bridge in her career, blending ancestral Hopi aesthetics with innovative technical experimentation.