Santa Clara Small Red Sgraffito Seed Jar [SOLD]

Golden Rod is a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and sister of Minnie Vigil, Lois Gutierrez andThelma 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