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  • Nampeyo (1859 – 1942) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.
  • Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985) (also known as Elva Tewaguna) was an American studio potter.
  • Nampeyo presumably began making pottery in the mid 1870s when she was a teenager and made pottery for about 70 years, until shortly before her death in 1942.

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    Nampeyo

    Hopi-Tewa potter (1859–1942)

    Nampeyo (1859[1] – 1942)[2] was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.[3][4] Her Tewa name was also spelled Num-pa-yu, meaning "snake that does not bite". Her name is also cited as "Nung-beh-yong," Tewa for småsten Snake.[5]

    She used ancient techniques for making and firing pottery and used designs from "Old Hopi" pottery and shards found at 15th-century Sikyátki ruins on First Mesa.[6] Her artwork is in collections in the United States and Europe, including many museums like the National Museum of American Art, Museum of nordlig Arizona, Spurlock Museum, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.

    A world record for Southwest American Indian pottery was declared at Bonhams Auction House in San Francisco on December 6, 2010, when one of Nampeyo's art works, a decorated ceramic pot, sold for $350,000.[7]

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    Appendix E: Nampeyo’s signed pottery, a history & theory

    Nampeyo (ca 1858 –1942) was illiterate and could not write, yet pots signed “Nampeyo” are known.  Most, but not all, were signed by family members after Nampeyo became functionally blind.  This appendix tells that story and offers some guidance on identifying who signed these pots.

    Name and fame:

    Nampeyo presumably began making pottery in the mid 1870s when she was a teenager and made pottery for about 70 years, until shortly before her death in 1942.  Pueblo families often work together collecting clay and paint materials, forming, painting and firing pots.  By 1900, Barbara Kramer writes, eldest daughter Annie was not yet 20 but she and Nampeyo:

    “…worked together making pottery to sell.  Typical of Hopi and Tewa custom, neither mother nor daughter sought individual recognition but set their unsigned vessels on a rug outside their home for visitors to purchase.  The pottery that v

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    Nampeyo facts for kids

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    Nampeyo

    Num-pa-yu
    (Tewa: snake that does not bite)

    Nampeyo, ca. 1900, photograph by A.C. Vroman

    Born1859

    Hano pueblo, Arizona

    Died1942

    Arizona

    NationalityHopi-Tewa (United States)
    Known forceramic artist
    MovementSikyátki Revival
    Spouse(s)Lesou (second husband)

    Nampeyo (1859 – 1942) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Her Tewa name was also spelled Num-pa-yu, meaning "snake that does not bite". Her name is also cited as "Nung-beh-yong," Tewa for Sand Snake.

    She used ancient techniques for making and firing pottery and used designs from "Old Hopi" pottery and sherds found at 15th-century Sikyátki ruins on First Mesa. Her artwork is in collections in the United States and Europe, including many museums like the National Museum of American Art, Museum of Northern Arizona, Spurlock Museum, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Univ