Dextra Quotskuyva Hópitu (Hopi-Tewa), born 1928 Southwest region (United States), Arizona Seed Jar 1990 Ceramic with vegetable and mineral pigments 4-1/2 inches high, 15 inches in diameter The John R. Van Derlip Fund 91.3

Resources on the World Wide Web

http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/

Northern Arizona University's Hopi Cultural Preservation Office homepage, Middle School to High School reading level, information on the Hopi culture

http://artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Maps/hopi.html

Art History, Art Process, and Archeology, all reading levels, About the founder of Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa pottery, includes biographical, geographical and chronological information. This site is a curriculum material package designed by the Getty

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/users/jlcox/class/hopi.html

Art History, all Reading Levels, Map of Hopi Villages

http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa024.shtml

Art Process, High School reading level, Step by Step guide to creating Pueblo Pottery mostly text, presented by the Collector's guide

http://www.koyemsi.com/lucnampa.htm

Art History, Art Process, Archaeology, Article about "Nampeyo, Hopi Master Potter" includes images of Nampeyo by Curtis, information about the tradition Nampeyo started, this is a well researched article with end notes and bibliography

http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/pottery/

Art History, High School reading Level, On-line exhibition of Pueblo Pottery includes section on Hopi Tewa, Includes history and geographical data, presented by the Internet Public Library

Resources in Print

Dillingham, Rick. Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.

Page, Susanne and Jake Page. Hopi. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994.

Struever, Martha Hopkins. "Potter Dextra Quotskuyva." Indian Artist (Summer 1996): 56-61.

Trimble, Stephen. Talking with the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press, 1987.

 

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