Seed jar

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Date created: 1890-1900

Culture/People: Hopi-Tewa
Artist/Maker: Nampeyo (Num-pa-yu [Snake Girl]/Iris Nampeyo), Hopi-Tewa, 1859-1942
Previous owner: Nellie Johnson Fargo, Non-Indian, 1854-1936
MAI agent: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Nellie Johnson Fargo (1854-1936; daughter of a missionary active in Kansas); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in Paris, France, in 1928.
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Place: Waalpi (Walpi), First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA

See related items: Hopi-Tewa; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/2799
Barcode: 162799.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Seed jar
Media/Materials: Pottery, clay slip, paint
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, slipped, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e5b4ea6-3b75-427b-acd6-8408db2baa61

Record ID: NMAI_174476