Vangie Tafoya (1944- )
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Vangie Tafoya Jemez Pueblo/San Ildefonso Pueblo, active ca. 1982-present: polished redware, black-on-white sgraffito jars, seed pots, melon bowls, wedding vases, canteens, pitchers, and miniatures. Vangie Tafoya is the granddaughter of Maria Sanchez Colaque; wife of David Tafoya; mother of Brenda Tafoya, Helen Tafoya Henderson and Tyron Tafoya; grandmother of at least one; related to Maria Martinez. Vangie signs her pottery as: Vangie Tafoya, Jemez, followed by an eagle feather as her own singular trademark, to denote her clan origin. She had also signed V. Tafoya.
Photo courtesy of Gregory Schaaf.
Reference: Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.
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