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ca. 2000
3.25" H x 3.5" D
Hand Coiled and Painted with Nampeyo Family Hopi Parrot Designs and Pit Fired and Purchased ca 2000 from the Artists and this Jar is Signed Vernida Polcca Nampyo
In Very Good Condition
Vernida Polacca Nampeyo (born 1955) is a respected Hopi-Tewa potter from the Kachina (Parrot) Clan at Hopi Pueblo. She is the great-granddaughter of the legendary Nampeyo of Hano, granddaughter of Fannie Polacca Nampeyo, and daughter of Harold and Alice Polacca. She learned the craft from her grandmother and has been creating pottery since around 1979.
She is especially known for her finely painted seed jars (also called seed pots), which are traditional Hopi forms. These are typically low, rounded vessels with a small opening at the top, historically used for storing seeds. Her work features classic Sikyatki Revival designs in black and red mineral paints on a yellow or white slip background. Common motifs include migration patterns, eagle tail feathers, corn, bat wings, and geometric elements. She hand-coils the pots using natural clay, paints with natural pigments, and fires them outdoors in the traditional Hopi manner.
Parrott & Kachina Clans. Sister of Reva and Clinton Polacca, mother of potters Heidi Nodman, Jeremy and Michael Polcaca. Taught by her grandmother Fannie Nampeyo, Vernida works in the traditional methods.
Condition:
Very Good
Tribe:
Hopi
Year Range:
2000 - Current
Region:
Southwest
Dimensions:
3.25 in3.5 in
Category:
Pottery Bowls and Jars Post 1940
