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Red Sgraffito Seed Pot with Stylized Avanyu by Art Cody - C3771i
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Jul 16th 2016, 1:16pm
Haungooah means "sunlight reflecting off a buffalo horn" in the Kiowa language. Art Cody was the grandson of famous Kiowa ledger artist Silver Horn, who was known as Haungooah. Following in his grandfather's footsteps, the younger Haungooah became an innovative artist. In the late 1960s, Cody was among the first artists to use the sgraffito technique on pueblo pottery. He married a talented Santa Clara potter, Martha Suazo, who encouraged him to decorate her pieces. Together they won numerous prizes during the 1970s. They signed their work "Haungooah" in honor of Art's grandfather. When Martha passed away sometime after 1979, he continued to create and decorate his own work, until his untimely death only a few years later in 1985.