Hopi Pueblo Pottery Jar By Leah Nampeyo

ca. 1960 - 1970

5.25" H x 8" D

Hand Coiled Classic Nampeyo Family Pottery with Migration Motif Design

In Very Good Condition with Slight Paint Wear Typical of pottery that has been Lightly Handled and has Original 1970 $95 Sticker 

Leah Garcia Nampeyo (1928–1974), a respected Hopi-Tewa potter from the famous Nampeyo family of First Mesa, Arizona.  Leah was a granddaughter of the legendary Nampeyo of Hano (the matriarch who revived traditional Hopi pottery in the late 19th/early 20th century) and a daughter of Fannie Nampeyo. She belonged to a multi-generational family of potters that includes siblings like Elva Nampeyo, Tonita Nampeyo, and others. Leah was active primarily from the 1940s to the early 1970s, producing hand-coiled and traditionally fired pottery using local clays and mineral pigments.