Hopi Pueblo Wedding Jar Pottery By Vernida Polacca Nampeyo

Late 20th Century

8.5" H x 6" D

Hand Coiled Wedding Jar with Two Spouts and a Thin Handle with a Painted Black Geometric Design Signed Vernida Polacca Nampeyo

In Very Good Condition

Vernida Polacca Nampeyo (b. 1955) is a respected Hopi-Tewa potter known for traditional Hopi pottery, including wedding jars (also called wedding vases). She belongs to the Corn and Kachina clans and comes from a renowned artistic lineage.

She is the great-granddaughter of the legendary Nampeyo of Hano (the founder of the Sikyatki revival style) and the granddaughter of Fannie Nampeyo (one of Nampeyo’s most skilled daughters).  Her father was Harold Polacca; she learned pottery-making primarily from her grandmother Fannie.  She has been active since around 1979 and comes from a family of potters, including siblings like Clinton Polacca and Reva Polacca Ami.