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Hopi Miniature Ant Pot by Cheryl Naha Nampeyo V

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Pottery Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
Hopi Miniature Ant Pot by Cheryl Naha Nampeyo V
Native American Hopi-Tewa Miniature Ant Pot by Cheryl Naha Nampeyo V, measures 1''H x .75''W and is signed on the bottom, FYI: ''Cheryl is a fifth-generation potter of the famous Nampeyo potting family. Pots such as these were filled with honey and placed on the ant mounds to draw all the biting ants so they could be moved en masse to another location. The Story of the Ant Pots, by C. Naha quotes her saying that her grandmother was Daisy Hana Nampeyo (b 1906). Daisy was of the Corn Clan on her mother's side and the Tobacco Clan on her father's.''