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

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Seed jar,

ca. 1950

Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa, 1926–1985; born First Mesa, Hopitu Shi-nu-mu (Hopi), AZ
2023-182

Information

Title
Seed jar
Dates

ca. 1950

Maker
Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo
Medium
Cream-slipped ceramic with red and black slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 9 × diam. 13 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim Maddox, Class of 1965, and Lucy Maddox
Object Number
2023-182
Place Made

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

Signatures
Signed on bottom: Elva Nampeyo
Inscription
written on bottom: 8, P30 sticker on bottom: 30
Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Hopi
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics

Date uncertain, eBay vendor sold to Jim and Lucy Maddox, Chestertown, MD; August 8, 2023, donated to the Princeton University Art Museum.

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