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Santa Clara Black Polished Jar with Squared Handles by Margaret Tafoya - C3793A
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Jul 15th 2016, 12:00pm
Margaret Tafoya is a name with which all collectors of 20th century pueblo pottery are familiar. She and her family were and are major potters of blackware. Margaret is most normally known for making very large vessels, but she made smaller items as well. Margaret was the last of eight children born to José Geronimo Tafoya (White Flower) and Sara Fina Gutierrez Tafoya (Autumn Leaf). She was given a Tewa name that translates to Corn Blossom and was not given an English name until she was baptized in the Catholic Church as Maria Margarita Tafoya, known now to the world as Margaret Tafoya.