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Subject: Hopi Polychrome Jar with Elaborate Decoration
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Apr 5th 2013, 12:17pm
Rondina Huma walked away with awards from the 1996 Santa Fe Indian Market. One of her pieces was awarded "Best of Show," "Best of Division," and "B...
Read More Subject: Buff-on-red Tall Neck Jar Signed as Maria / Popovi
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Apr 4th 2013, 1:51pm
This is a rare early redware jar by Maria Martinez (1887-1980) and Popovi Da (1922-1971). Popovi started working with his mom in 1956. He worked wi...
Read More New Book Title: THE POTTERY OF ACOMA PUEBLO
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Wed, Apr 3rd 2013, 5:48pm
THE POTTERY TRADITION OF ACOMA PUEBLO is one of the most significant and varied among the Pueblo people of the Southwest. This book traces the hist...
Read More Subject: Buff-on-red Pottery Plate signed by Marie & Santana
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Mar 23rd 2013, 11:58am
Red ware by Maria Martinez is among the rarest of all pottery she produced. Black ware was so popular with collectors that she rarely fired any red...
Read More Subject: Polished Black Horno signed as Marie & Santana
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Mar 23rd 2013, 11:26am
We mostly think of Maria making major pieces of pottery, but occasionally she must have had a small amount of clay remaining after completing a maj...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pottery Tile with Salako Mana Katsina Face, pre-1900
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 10:04pm
Hopi pottery tiles had their beginning as utilitarian objects by the potters of the villages. In making pottery vessels, it is imperative to add a ...
Read More Subject: Zia Pueblo Large Polychrome Pictorial Olla
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 9:03pm
Sofia Pino married into the Medina family in 1948. She and her new husband Rafael (1929-1998) lived with his grandmother, Trinidad Medina who taugh...
Read More Subject: Laguna Pueblo Large Polychrome Olla by Max Early
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 8:14pm
Max Early was born into the Turkey Clan of his mother and Bear Clan of his father at Laguna Pueblo. He grew up with his grandparents. During his ea...
Read More Subject: San Ildefonso Pueblo Polychrome Wedding Vessel
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, Mar 19th 2013, 4:00pm
As Jonathan Batkin has well documented, there were several outstanding potters at San Ildefonso during the 1890s whose work can fairly accurately b...
Read More Subject: Historic Standing Male Figurine, Circa 1880
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, Mar 19th 2013, 1:01pm
Cochiti Pueblo figurines were at their prime between 1870 and 1920. They were most probably made in jest of non-Indian people: the Franciscan Monks...
Read More Subject: Santa Clara Pueblo Black Carved Wedding Vessel
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Mar 18th 2013, 5:55pm
Florence Browning is one of five sisters, all of whom are recognized as outstanding potters. Her sisters are Clara Shije, Reycita Naranjo, Mary Sin...
Read More Subject: Santa Clara Pueblo Tan and Red Carved Plate
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Mar 18th 2013, 4:15pm
Nathan Youngblood is the grandson of Margaret Tafoya and son of Mela Youngblood. His sister is Nancy Youngblood. Nathan performs many public servic...
Read More Subject: Santa Clara Polished Black Melon Jar
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Mar 18th 2013, 2:34pm
There is probably no one who does not know who Nancy Youngblood is but, if that is not the case, then here is a short introduction to her. She is t...
Read More Subject: Hopi Large Polychrome Storage Jar with Fluted Rim
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sun, Mar 17th 2013, 11:01pm
Pauline Setalla was born and raised on the Second Mesa village of Mishongnovi. When she married Justin Setalla they moved to his ranch in Snowbird ...
Read More Subject: Pair of Hopi Polychrome Cylindrical Jars
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sun, Mar 17th 2013, 10:27pm
Pauline Setalla married into the Frog Woman/Feather Woman family clan. It was reported by her son several years ago that she was in ill health and ...
Read More Subject: Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Turkey Figurine by Lucy Lewis
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sun, Mar 17th 2013, 9:46pm
Travelers to New Mexico who have been to Acoma Pueblo are familiar with the original village atop the mesa known today as Sky City. It was on top o...
Read More Subject: Acoma Pueblo Large Canteen by Rose Chino Garcia
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sun, Mar 17th 2013, 4:14pm
Rose Chino Garcia and her sisters, Carrie Chino Charlie, Vera Chino Ely and Grace Chino, are daughters of Marie Z. Chino and all of them are except...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pottery Cream Pitchers
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Mar 16th 2013, 11:45pm
Paqua Naha, whose first name translates to "frog," is known as Frog Woman. She was the first to carry this name. After she passed away, her daughte...
Read More Subject: Jemez Pueblo Single Story Pottery House
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Mar 16th 2013, 10:47pm
Pottery house structures such as this seem to have been popular in the early- to mid-20th century. They were made by potters at several of the pueb...
Read More Subject: Santa Ana Pueblo Traditional Design Polychrome Jar
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Mar 16th 2013, 10:17pm
The original pueblo of Santa Ana was located close to Zia Pueblo and pottery from the two villages was quite similar in materials, technique and co...
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