Nampeyo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Num-pa-yu, Nung-beh-yong, Sand Snake, snake that does not bite, Nampeyo of Hano
Nampeyo (1859 – 1942) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Her Tewa name was also spelled Num-pa-yu, meaning "snake that does not bite". Her name is also cited as "Nung-beh-yong," Tewa for Sand Snake.
Key facts
- Artist.name
- Nampeyo
- Artist.native_name
- Num-pa-yu(Tewa: snake that does not bite)
- Artist.image
- Nampeyo, Hopi pottery maker, seated, with examples of her work, cropped.jpg
- Artist.image_size
- 300px
- Artist.caption
- Nampeyo, 1900, photograph by A.C. Vroman
- Artist.birth_date
- 1859
- Artist.birth_place
- Hano pueblo, Arizona
- Artist.death_place
- Arizona
- Artist.spouse
- Lesou (second husband)
- Artist.field
- ceramic artist
- Artist.movement
- Sikyátki Revival
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Arizona
- Occupation
- ceramicist
- Field of work
- Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Image
- Nampeyo, Hopi pottery maker, seated, with examples of her work, cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nampeyo
- date of birth
- 1859-01-01
- date of death
- 1942-01-01
- has works in the collection
- New York Historical
- ethnic group
- Hopi people
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Early life
- Artwork
- Death and legacy
- Public collections
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- References
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Nampeyo (1859 – 1942) was a Hopi-Tewa potter who lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Her Tewa name was also spelled Num-pa-yu, meaning "snake that does not bite". Her name is also cited as "Nung-beh-yong," Tewa for Sand Snake.
She used ancient techniques for making and firing pottery. She used designs from "Old Hopi" pottery and shards found at 15th-century Sikyátki ruins on First Mesa. Her artwork is in collections in the United States and Europe, including many museums like the National Museum of American Art, Museum of Northern Arizona, Spurlock Museum, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.
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