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Nampeyo, two birds design. Late pot, probably painted by Fannie circa 1920s. Woolaroc collection.. Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987) (also known as Fannie Lesou Polacca and Fannie Nampeyo Polacca) was a modern and contemporary fine arts potter, who carried on the traditions of her famous mother, Nampeyo of Hano, the grand matriarch of modern Hopi pottery.
Nampeyo became increasingly interested in ancient pottery form and design, recognizing them as superior to Hopi pottery produced at the time. Lesou, her husband, was reputedly employed by the archaeologist J. Walter Fewkes at the excavation of the ancient ruins of the Hopi village Sikyátki on the First Mesa in the 1890s. Lesou helped Nampeyo ...
Tyra Naha (or Tyra Naha-Black, or Tyra Naha Tawawina [1]) represents the 4th generation in a family of well-known Hopi potters. She is a Native American potter from the Hopi Tribe of Arizona in the Southwest United States. While she is currently not as well known as her famous elders, she is technically nicely proficient.
Paqua Naha (c. 1890–1955), also known as "Frog Woman", was a Hopi-Tewa potter. She worked in the "black-and-red on yellow" style of pottery, which Nampeyo popularized as Sikyátki revival ware. She became well known as a potter by the 1920s and started using a frog hallmark to sign her works.
Elva Nampeyo was born 1926 in the Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan atop Hopi First Mesa, Arizona. [2] Her parents were Fannie Nampeyo and Vinton Polacca. [3] Her grandmother Nampeyo had led a revival of ancient traditional pottery and established a family tradition of pottery making. As a child Elva would watch her grandmother make pottery and later her ...
Joy Navasie was born in 1919. [1] As well as the art of pottery, the name Frog Woman was passed down from her mother, Paqua Naha. [2] [3]Navasie carries on the white ware pottery tradition from her mother, which she contends was developed around 1951 or 1952.
The shape of the pottery that Sahmie makes is based on Hopi traditions and incorporates traditional Navajo designs and iconography, such as Yei designs. [3] Sahmie prefers to use clay mined from the Navajo reservation and uses white and yellow clay in the body of the pots. [2] Black slip is created by adding wild spinach to the mixture. [2]
Today, her medium to larger pots typically sell for several thousand dollars. She has been recognized by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts for her body of work through the creation of the Helen Naha Memorial Award - For Excellence in Traditional Hopi Pottery. [2] Naha was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [3]