Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar
Seed jar

On view

Native North American Art
Princeton Collects

Seed jar,

ca. 1970s

Helen Naha (Feather Woman), Hopi-Tewa, 1922–1993; born Polacca, Hopitu Shi-nu-mu (Hopi) Pueblo, AZ
2022-144

Information

Title
Seed jar
Dates

ca. 1970s

Maker
Helen Naha (Feather Woman)
Medium
Ceramic with white slip and red and black slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 11.4 × diam. 23.9 cm (4 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim Maddox, Class of 1965, and Lucy Maddox
Object Number
2022-144
Place Made

North America, United States, Arizona, Polacca, Hopi Reservation, First Mesa

Signatures
Signed on bottom in paint with artist's mark
Inscription
in graphite on verso: C4356B in graphite on verso: $2250
Culture
Pueblo, Hopi, Native American
Type
ceramics, vessels (containers)

[Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe (NM)]; purchased by Jim Maddox, by 2022; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum by Jim Maddox and Lucy Maddox, 2022.

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