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Cochiti Pueblo 10-piece Pottery Nacimiento Set by Seferina Ortiz - C3804C

Category: Pottery | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Fri, Jul 29th 2016, 6:38pm

Seferina Ortiz Pottery  - C3804CSeferina Ortiz was one of the most respected potters at Cochiti. She specialized in making figurines-storytellers, nacimientos, and animal and human figures.  A collection of 32 items of pottery by Seferina is in the Peabody Museum of Harvard University.  She is considered one of the matriarchs of the potter population of Cochiti Pueblo.  Not only did she leave a legacy of her pottery, she left a legacy in her children-Joyce, Janice, InezVirgil, Leon and Angie, some of whom are considered top potters today. 

 

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