Seed jar

© Estate of Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo

Seed jar

On view

Native North American Art
Princeton Collects

Seed jar,

early 21st century

Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa, 1956–2022; born and died Polacca, Hopitu Shi-nu-mu (Hopi) Pueblo, AZ
2022-156

Information

Title
Seed jar
Dates

early 21st century

Maker
Rachel Sahmie Nampeyo
Medium
Ceramic with cream slip and red and black slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 13.3 × diam. 32.5 cm (5 1/4 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim Maddox, Class of 1965, and Lucy Maddox
Object Number
2022-156
Place Made

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

Signatures
Signed in paint on the bottom: Nampeyo Koo-Loo
Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Hopi
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics

[Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, 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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