1
Portfolios%20%3D%20%22361%22%20and%20Century%20%3D%20%2220th%20century%22%20and%20Sort_Artist%20%3D%20%22Nampeyo%22
Ceramics
Bowl
Nampeyo, (1859 - 1942)
Nampeyo
United States
1859 - 1942
Female
Primary
3 x 9 1/4 in. (7.6 x 23.5 cm)
.
.
.
Clay
Clay
Hopi-Tewa; made in Arizona
circa 1900
1895
1905
20th century, bowls, ceramics, Native American, Native American art
Ceramics
For years, Indigenous activists have led efforts to reclaim the remains of their ancestors and sacred cultural objects currently housed in museums, universities, and other cultural institutions.
In 1990, U.S. federal law established the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to facilitate this process. In December 2023, NAGPRA ruled that museums must obtain consent from lineal descendants, Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations before allowing any exhibition of, access to, or research on these objects.
MAG has removed works from display that are classified under the statute in compliance and in support of the repatriation of these items to their original caretakers, including this work.
Nampeyo's name and her descendants are cultural icons of Pueblo pottery. Belonging to the Hopi First Mesa pueblo, she learned to make pots at an early age. She is credited with the revival of Hopi pottery-making in the early 20th century, a result of her great skill and innovative adaptations of traditional forms and designs. The interior of this bowl is decorated with an image of a katsina, a supernatural being embodied by masked dancers of the pueblos.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
underside
1922.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
22.1DI#1
digital image
Front
6/7/2007
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/22.1_A1.jpg