Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs

Museum collection

Museum work by Nampeyo

Art Institute of Chicago

Thread 37615

Wealth & Abundance

Where the original lives

Art Institute of Chicago

The original is held by the Art Institute of Chicago and is not for sale. This piece is shown for reference — no edition of it is offered.

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Curator’s note

Nampeyo (c. 1895–1910) from Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and released into the public domain, offered here as a museum-quality edition within the wealth thread.

Details

Artist: Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1859–1942)
Date: c. 1895–1910
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 19.3 × 41.2 × 41.3 cm · 7.6 × 16.2 in
Origin: Hopi Tribe of Arizona
Collection: Laura T. Magnuson and Mary Louise Stevenson endowment funds

Placing a wealth & abundance work

Abundance in art is rarely literal. It reads as fullness — a bowl that overflows, a field at harvest, gold leaf catching a low sun, water moving rather than still. These are works chosen for rooms where you want the eye to rest on generosity: a dining table, an entrance, the wall behind a desk where decisions about growth get made.

Direction: North — the quarter associated with flow and increase
Rooms: Entrance halls · Dining rooms · Home offices · Reception areas

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Provenance & rights

Source collection: Art Institute of Chicago. Laura T. Magnuson and Mary Louise Stevenson endowment funds. Public domain (CC0). Shown here for reference, with full attribution to the artist and holding institution. No edition of this work is offered.