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Rare Santa Ana Pueblo Polychrome Jar by Lena Garcia - 25943
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Feb 18th 2017, 3:44pm
Lena Garcia (1924-?) was one of Eudora Montoya's students in the 1970s. She continued making pottery until 1996. Her niece, Diane Menchego, is currently an active potter, one of only two remaining.
This small, Rare Santa Ana Pueblo Polychrome Jar by Lena Garcia is one with the smoothest and finest surface finish of many examined from Santa Ana. Because the potters use sand as temper mixed in the clay, the surface of pottery from Santa Ana is usually grainy, but Garcia seems to have overcome that flaw with her pottery. The design incorporates traditional designs from Santa Ana historic pottery.