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Red Sgraffito Seed Pot with Mimbres Grasshopper by Art Cody - C3771K
Art Cody was the grandson of famous Kiowa ledger artist Silver Horn, who was known as Haungooah, a name which means "sunlight reflecting off a buffalo horn" in the Kiowa language. Following in his grandfather's footsteps, the younger Haungooah became an innovative artist in his own right. In the late 1960s, Cody was among the first artists to use the sgraffito technique on pueblo pottery. He married a talented Santa Clara Pueblo potter, Martha Suazo, who encouraged him to decorate her pottery. Together they won numerous prizes during the 1970s. They signed their work Haungooah, after Art's grandfather. When Martha passed away sometime after 1979, he continued creating and decorating his own pieces, until his untimely death only a few years later in 1985.