Hopi Pueblo Wedding Jar Pottery By Eltan Nampeyo

Late 20th Century

8" H x 5" D

Hand Coiled with an Apricot Field with Painted Dark Brown Geometric Design and Two Spouts with a Handle and Orange Fire Clouds

From a Private Colorado Collection

In Very Good Condition

Eltan Nampeyo (more commonly spelled Elton Nampeyo or Elton Tewaguna Nampeyo, born 1953) is a contemporary Hopi-Tewa potter from the Corn Clan on First Mesa, Arizona. He is a great-grandson of the legendary Nampeyo of Hano (c. 1859–1942), the matriarch who revived Hopi pottery traditions in the late 19th/early 20th century by drawing on ancient Sikyatki designs. 

Elton is the son of Richard and Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo, grandson of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo, and brother to other potters such as Adelle Lalo Nampeyo. He has been active since the 1970s, continuing the family tradition of hand-coiled, traditionally fired Hopi-Tewa pottery with polychrome (multi-color) designs inspired by prehistoric Sikyatki styles.