Black Carved Round Jar with Intricate Carved Design [SOLD]

Lucy Year Flower married into the Tafoya family.  She married Joe Tafoya who was brother to Joseph Lonewolf and Grace Medicine Flower, the three of whom were the children of Camilio Tafoya and Agapita Silva Tafoya. 

Year Flower is an extraordinary artisan and very precise in execution of her work.  This seed jar was exquisitely formed and provided a well-balanced surface to support the intricate design chosen.  There is an Avanyu over whose head is a radiant sun, a kiva with a tall protrusion that may be a ladder, a dove, flower, and a bear paw.  Interspersed between all these elements are other floral-like designs.  On the top of the seed jar is a flower executed in red—a symbol used by the artist reflecting her name.

The jar is signed on the underside Lucy Year Flower Pojoaque and Santa Clara Pueblos with the addition of a carved-in small flower above her name.

Condition: appears to be in original condition

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque