Carla Nampeyo Hopi Wedding Vase
$795.00
Carla Nampeyo Hopi Wedding Vase
We are offering this gorgeous Carla Nampeyo Hopi Wedding vase. The wedding vase has been a part of Hopi and other Native American tradition for centuries. Often built by the groom’s parents, the vessel is constructed to represent the couple and the lives they now share. For the ceremony the vase is filled with Native American holy water.
About the artist: (Born 1961, Hopi) The best lineage for a Hopi potter revolves around the original Nampeyo. Carla is this revered potter’s great granddaughter as well as the granddaughter of Fannie Nampeyo.
Carla respects the traditional process of digging clay and firing. Her carved motifs stem from her father, Thomas Polacca’s aesthetic.
Details
Technique: Hand-coiled pottery with polychrome natural slip decoration
Height: 9-1/8″
Width: 4-1/2″
Circumference: 13-7/8″
Two Top Openings: 1-1/4″ x 1″
Potter’s Signature: Hand Signed “Carla Nampeyo” on Vase Bottom
