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Subject: Santa Clara Small Red Sgraffito Seed Jar
Golden Rod is a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and sister of Minnie Vigil, Lois Gutierrez and Thelma Talachy. The ancestral family home is Pojoaque Pueblo, but most now live at Santa Clara Pueblo. All of the siblings are outstanding potters and all are active today.
This small mushroom-shaped seed jar is stone-polished over its entire surface, then decorated with a petroglyph-style design in sgraffito carving. There are two petroglyph-style human-type figures, one of which is carrying a spear and wearing a buffalo-type head cover. The other is hard to interpret.
Condition: original excellent condition
Provenance: from a family in Santa Fe
Subject: Santa Clara Small Red Sgraffito Seed Jar
Artist / Potter: Gloria Garcia (b.1942) Golden Rod
Category: Contemporary
Origin: Santa Clara Pueblo
Medium: clay
Size: 1-1/8" deep x 2-1/2" diameter
Item # C3367C