Seed jar
Seed jar

On view

Native North American Art
Princeton Collects

Seed jar,

late 20th–early 21st century

Iris Youvella Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa, 1944–2018; born Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi) Pueblo, AZ
2021-154

Information

Title
Seed jar
Dates

late 20th–early 21st century

Maker
Iris Youvella Nampeyo
Medium
Ceramic with red and black slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 8 × diam. 12 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim Maddox, Class of 1965, and Lucy Maddox
Object Number
2021-154
Place Made

North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi Reservation

Signatures
Signed on base: Iris Nampeyo
Inscription
on bottom under signature: 77 (faded)
Culture
Pueblo, Hopi, Native American
Type
ceramics, vessels (containers)
Materials
pigment, ceramic

[Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson (AZ), by September 2019]; purchased by Jim Maddox, September 2019; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum by Jim Maddox and Lucy Maddox, 2021.

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