Nyla Sahmie
Nampeyo
Palhik Mana
Bowl
4 1/4"
H x 9 1/4" D
Nyla Sahmie is of the Hopi
Corn Clan and was born in 1954. She is of the Nampeyo family
(fourth generation) and hails from Sichomovi Village, at First
Mesa, Arizona. Her mother, Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo, and sisters
are all very talented in their own right. Her cousins include
other well known artsits - like Les Namingha and others.
She and her sister, Jean,
were invited to exhibit at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2002,
and her work can be found far and wide throughout the Southwest.
Nyla's pottery typically features
traditional patterns of the Nampeyo family. Some of her favorite
designs include migrations, double hummingbirds, and flowers.
This particular piece features a Palhik Mana (or Butterfly Maiden)
motif.
References to her work include
Gregory Schaaf's Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies
(CIAC Press, Santa Fe, 1998: 144) and Rick Dillingham's Fourteen
Families in Pueblo Pottery (U of NM Press 1994: 14-15)
