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Polychrome Wedding Vessel with Sun Face by Lela and Van Gutierrez - C3672G
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Apr 6th 2017, 12:03pm
It is often thought that the wedding vessel was a creation by potters to satisfy a tourist market but Teresita Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo stated that they were actually used in the pueblo, although she was not aware that they had been used since around 1935.
This Southwest Indian Pottery wedding vessel was executed in the traditional manner of Lela and Van Gutierrez with the design executed in multiple colors of natural materials. There is a half sun face on both sides of the vessel. The sun rays are rendered as feathers.