Small Hopi Pot by Nellie Nampeyo

Small Hopi Pot by Nellie Nampeyo

Dimensions:-

Length: 3 1/4"

Width: 4"

Opening: 3.5"

Tribe: Hopi-Tewa

Item #: 400019

Nellie Nampeyo

Nellie Nampeyo Douma, (1896-1978) was the middle daughter of Nampeyo of Hano. She was a sister of noted potters Annie Nampeyo and Fannie Nampeyo. She was the mother of noted potters Zella Nampeyo and Marie Koopee. She was also the great-grandmother of Jacob Koopee, Jr. 

In 1910 the Santa Fe Railway commissioned a brown stucco pueblo style house on-site to be built by the Fred Harvey Company and to be inhabited by Indians from Hopi. Nampeyo and her family were to represent the Hopi pueblo and share the Hopi way of life. Nampeyo and Nellie demonstrated pottery making and interacted with tourists. Nellie was about 16 at the time. 

She was known for her tightly painted designs and typically smaller vessels. Her pottery can be found in museums around the country, including at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Heard Museum. Nellie died in 1978; she was 82 years old.