Santa Clara Pueblo Polychrome Seed Jar by Minnie Vigil [SOLD]

Minnie Vigil is one of a family of talented potters. She and her sisters, Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz, Thelma Talache, and Gloria (Goldenrod) Garcia, are potters of distinction. Minnie has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market for years in recognition of her fine workmanship. She specializes in Polychrome wares. Some of her pottery is slipped in red clay and stone polished and some is slipped in matte tan clay and not polished. This seed jar is of the latter style.

Minnie Vigil has produced exceptional pottery for a long time. She is recognized as one of the finest potters at Santa Clara Pueblo who is producing Polychrome wares. This jar is typical of her quality of work. It is well balanced and the painted decoration is beautifully executed. It is signed Minnie Santa Clara.

Condition:  excellent condition

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf