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Black Carved Wedding Vessel with Twisted Arch Handle by Helen Shupla - C3830A
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Oct 6th 2016, 6:11pm
Many potters today make wedding vessels but there seems no longer a tradition at any of the pueblos to use them ceremonially. They apparently are made to be sold to collectors and as wedding gifts to others as a keepsake.
There was a time, according to Santa Clara potter Teresita Naranjo, when the wedding vessel was used at Santa Clara Pueblo.