[Vessel Painting] Rachel Namingha Nampeyo made this bowl. Her grandmother Nampeyo, the Hopi-Tewa potter from Hano on First Mesa, Arizona, revived the nearly lost art of pottery-making early in the 20th century. Nampeyo taught her skills to her daughters, who then instructed Rachel Nampeyo.

Rachel Nampeyo preserved traditional designs and re-created many of her grandmother's patterns. But her mastery of form and painted lines renders her works unique.

Courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian

Hopi Vessel, 1950-60 A.D., by Rachel Namingha Nampeyo (1902-85), Arizona, polychrome ceramic

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