Historic Santo Domingo Pueblo Large Polychrome Pottery Moccasin [SOLD]

Tourists have always been fascinated with pueblo pottery, but the large, traditional bowls and jars that were in use in the pueblos in the late 19th century were too cumbersome to travel with, so the pueblo potters began making small souvenir pieces. Pottery moccasins filled this need.  They were made at several of the pueblos in the late 1800s and early 1900s, following the arrival of the train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1879.

This moccasin from Santo Domingo Pueblo is well above the average of those made in the early 1900s.  It is larger and more elaborately painted with floral designs. Additionally, three moccasin buttons were fashioned on one side, something not seen on most pottery moccasins.  This is an exceptional one.

Condition: this Historic Santo Domingo Pueblo Large Polychrome Pottery Moccasin is in very good condition

Provenance: from a client living in Oklahoma

Recommended Reading: Collections of Southwestern Pottery: Candlesticks to Canteens, Frog to Figurines by Hayes and Blom