Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo | |
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 Photo of Dextra Quotskuyva taken on September 20, 2018, in Kykotsmovi, Arizona. | |
| Born | September 6, 1928 Polacca, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died | February 2019 (aged 90) |
| Education | Great-granddaughter of Hopi–Tewa potter Nampeyo |
| Known for | Potter and artist |
| Awards | Proclaimed an "Arizona Living Treasure," 1994; Arizona State Museum Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998 |
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (September 6, 1928 – February 2019) was a Native American potter and artist. She was in the fifth generation of a distinguished ancestral line of Hopi potters.
In 1994 Dextra Quotskuyva was proclaimed an "Arizona Living Treasure," and in 1998 she received the first Arizona State Museum Lifetime Achievement Award.[1] In 2001, the Wheelwright Museum organized a 30-year retrospective exhibition of Quotskuyva's pottery,[2] and in 2004, she received the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Lifetime Achievement award.[3]
- ^ Dextra Quotskuyva Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine at Holmes Museum of Anthropology
- ^ "Painted Perfection: The Pottery of Dextra Quotskuyva". Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. 2001. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "SWAIA Announces 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners". ICT. 2 June 2004. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.