The Dr. Samuel R. Poliakoff Collection of Western Art

at the Abbeville County Library System, Abbeville, SC

Mildred Antonio
Nettie Bica
Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Mary Cain
Barbara and Joseph Cerno
Lorraine Chinama
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Grace Chino
Marie Z Chino
Arthur and Hilda Coriz
Juanita Suazo Dubray
Cora Duran
Richard Ebelacker
Laura Gachupin
Rose Chino Garcia
Tina Garcia
Rose Chino Garcia
Virginia Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz
Eva Hisita
Stella Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Alton Komalestewa
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Emogene Lomakema
Anita Garcia Lowden
Rebecca Lucario
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Maria and Julian Martinez
Sofia Medina
Sylvia Naha
Helen Naha
Rainey Naha
Priscilla Namingha
Priscilla Namingha
Leah Nampeyo
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Teresita Naranjo
Elizabeth Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Bernice Swazo Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Joy Navasie
Paulita Pacheco
Virginia T Romero
Jean Sahme Nampeyo
Selina Sanchez
Helen Shupla
Stella Shutiva
Mary Small
Ada Suina
Andrea Tafoya
Mark Tahbo
Thelma Talachy
Robert Tenorio
Lavine Torivio
Vallo
Iris Youvella Nampeyo
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Pueblo pottery
Polychrome Shouldered Jar (#106)
Leah Nampeyo (1928–1974)— Hopi-Tewa

Visitors to the collection will notice the name Nampeyo. An extended family of seven generations, descended from Nampeyo (1860-1942), that continues making pottery today, carrying on the matriarch’s innovative revival of Sityatki archaeological pottery. Leah Nampeyo, like her great-grandmother, carefully selects and prepares clay that subtly “blushes” during firing. But each potter writes his or her own indelible legacy too. The design on Leah Nampeyo’s pot is known as “migration” and is a design created by Nampeyo and continued by successive generations.


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