Appraiser Linda Dyer believes a $3 yard sale purchase, which she called "rich with potential," could be a rare Hopi pot by Nampeyo, the tribe's revered "grand dame" of pottery. Nampeyo, who was a ...
Pt. 1 reprinted from the 17th Annual report (1898) of the Bureau of American Ethnology; pt. 2 reprinted from the 33d Annual report (1919) Includes a catalogue of ...
Nampeyo spun the clay between her hands, forming a long coil. Placing the coil on a flattened clay bottom, she wound it up and around, pressing gently as she worked so the clay rope would adhere. A ...