Today's Female artist is ....
Nampeyo (c. 1859-20 July 1942), Native American potter, was born in Tewa Village (Hano), First Mesa, Hopi reservation, Arizona, the daughter of Qos Vema, a Hopi farmer from Walpi, and Qot Kakao of the Corn Clan at Hano. She was named Tucumana (Snake Girl) by her paternal grandmother because her father was of the Snake Clan; however, her Tewa name, Num Payu ("Snake that does not bite"), was more commonly used because she lived at Hano.
Little is known of Nampeyo early life, but she spent considerable time at Walpi with her Hopi grandmother, a potter who encouraged Nampeyo to take up the art. Nampeyo learned quickly and by early adulthood had earned a reputation as one of the finest First Mesa potters. Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987) (also known as Fannie Lesou Polacca and Fannie Nampeyo Polacca) was a modern and contemporary fine arts potter, who carried on the traditions of her famous mother, Nampeyo of Hano, the grand matriarch of modern Hopi pottery.




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