Polychrome Jar
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Dimensions
- 15.5 × 28.2 × 28.3 cm (6 1/8 × 11 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
tewaamericasancestorshopimodeling (forming)vesselsstoragevesselpueblopainting (image making)geometricceramicsnative americanabstract figuressouthwestnative north americanArts of the Americasceramicart of the americasHistory
About
The Nampeyo family continues to invent variations on longstanding decorative patterns featured in traditional Hopi pottery. A kaleidoscopic array of motifs—many of ancient origin—present a lively “fractured” design, an approach seen earlier in Hopi Sikyatki ceramics created from 1400 through 1625.