Tewa Pueblos Polychrome Jar with Quail Design [SOLD]

Pojoaque Pueblo, pronounced Po-wock-ee or Po-hock-ee, is one of the northern Tewa speaking pueblos.  It dates to prehistoric times, was occupied when the Spaniards arrived, destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, resettled by 5 families in 1706, abandoned again after the smallpox epidemic in 1900, resettled again by 14 families in 1934 and became a Government recognized reservation in 1936.  The Gutierrez family was one of the 14 families who settled in the pueblo in 1934.  Lois Gutierrez is a descendant of that family, with roots from Santa Clara Pueblo.

The northern Tewa Pueblos had a very distinctive historic vessel shape with a short underbody, doughnut mid section and long curving neck.  Gutierrez has recreated this vessel shape to perfection but in a smaller scale.  She took advantage of the long curving neck to place a design consisting of quail, completely encircling the vessel. 

The jar is new and in excellent condition.