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Zia Pueblo Set of Four Pottery Buttons - C3776Q
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Jul 29th 2016, 4:00pm
After the influenza epidemic that swept the area in the early 20th century, there were less than 200 people living at Zia Pueblo. Since the late 1800s, Zia women had been exchanging pottery with the nearby traders for food and other goods or money. This ability of Zia women to make fine pots for trade made it possible for the pueblo to survive the hard times.