Beautifully Burnished Red Melon Jar by Toni Roller

This highly burnished red melon jar was made by Toni Roller of Santa Clara Pueblo. It is signed "Toni Roller Santa Clara Pueblo" and dated "October 1986". The expanded melon ribs and the canals between ribs are all burnished, so there is no matte finish in the design. Toni Roller (1935-) is a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and granddaughter of Sarafina Tafoya.

Reference: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf

TAGS: Santa Clara Pueblo, Sara Fina Tafoya, Margaret Tafoya, Virginia Ebelacker, Jennie Trammell, Mela Youngblood, Luann Tafoya, Shirley Tafoya, Toni Roller