Adobe Gallery Blog

Santo Domingo (now Kewa) Pueblo pottery exhibits a strong and bold design concept.  The black guaco paint, when painted on the cream slip, appears almost transparent, but fires to a beautiful black.  The guaco does not perform well on other slips but finishes beautifully on this particular Kewa Pueblo native slip.  The Southwest Indian Pottery dough bowl probably dates to the 1930s decade.

Read more about this historic pottery here.