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Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs
Nampeyo · c. 1895–1910
Provenance
Ownership history
- Private collection; consigned to Phil Cohen, Native New Mexico, Inc., Santa Fe, by 2003; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3130/casas-grandes-and-the-ceramic-art-of-the-ancient-southwest"><em>Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest</em></a>, Apr. 22–Aug. 13, 2006, pl. 142.
Literature
Published references
- Robert Ashton, "Nampeyo and Lesou," <em>American Indian Art Magazine</em> 1, no. 3 (Summer 1976), 24-33 (ill.).
- David L. Arnold, "Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Years of Artistry," <em>National Geographic Magazine</em> 162, 5 (Nov. 1982), fold-out page (ill.)
- Richard Townsend, <em>Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2005), 203, pl. 142 (ill.).
- Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 72, cat. 42 (ill.).
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