HOPI-TEWA "ANT POT" by CHERYL NAHA NAMPEYO, ca. 2000s Condition: Excellent Mark: "C. Naha" / "Nampeyo". Description: Twelve ants in a ring playing Kokopeli flutes, black on tan. There is a thick black ring at the mouth, with a thin line below. That is a Nampeyo trademark. Note: 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. A wealthy benefactor sent Daisy to study in Paris at L'ecole des Beaux Arts. 2.5"d x 1.5"h.


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