

Vintage Nambé Chip and Dip
The Lounge chip and dip by Nambé. Polished metal alloy. Sculptural serving ware. Some surface wear that doesn’t detract
16x10 and approx 4” at deepest
Nambe is made by a small group of Santa Fe craftsmen using sand molds. A bowl or platter is broken away from its mold and shaped and polished to a silvery luster that, with age, acquires a patina all its own. Because each sand mold is used only once, no two pieces are exactly alike
The word "Nambé" (pronounced na:m'bei), comes from the Native American Tewa tradition, meaning "People of the round earth." The native people have described Nambé as being "born of the earth and the fertile imagination."

