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POTTER: Grace Chapella

LIFESPAN: 1874-1980

VESSEL FORMS: Jars, Bowls, Ollas

DESIGN STYLES: Black-on-Yellow, Polychromes. Butterflies, moths, germintaion, and gourd designs.

FAMILY MEMBERS:

 

COMMENTS:

Active: 1900-1980

Teacher: Iris Nampeyo

 

Said to be one of the first Hopi-Tewa Potters to sign their work.

 

 

 

REFERENCES:

Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies

By Gregory Schaaf, 1998

 

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