The Storage Jars of Margaret Tafoya

Adobe Gallery will display a collection of pueblo pottery by the famous matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo, Margaret Tafoya, and members of her family.  Primarily featured will be large storage jars made by Tafoya in the 1930s -1950s periods and smaller, but still large, jars made in the 1950s-1960s periods.  Tafoya, following in the style of her famous mother, Sara Fina Tafoya, was one of the few potters capable of making very large black storage jars. 

We currently have items by Margaret Tafoya and the following family members (click on each name to view their biographies):

• Matriarch - Margaret Tafoya 1904-2001
• Nephew - Joseph Lonewolf (1932 - present)
• Daugher - LuAnn Tafoya (1938-present)
• Niece - Teresita Tafoya Naranjo (1919-1999) Apple Blossom
• Daugher - Virginia Ebelacker (1925 -2001)
• Daugher - Toni Roller (1935-present)
• Sister - Christina Naranjo (1891-1980)

Note: Click here to see a Family Tree of the Tafoya family.  (Reference: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies: Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Tesuque, Nambe and Pojoaque.  Gregory Schaaf.  Family Tree 1, page 137).