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It is quite often difficult to distinguish whether a pottery jar is from Acoma or Laguna Pueblo. Refugees from Acoma and other pueblos established ...

Geraldine's mother, Helen Atencio, was from San Ildefonso Pueblo and her father, Frank Gutierrez, from Santa Clara Pueblo. Although she technically...

This visually charming Hopi-Tewa jar demonstrates in style and technique all the hallmarks of a circa 1920s product. The shape is derived from the ...

It has remained a mystery as to the use of these rectangular pottery boxes but it is generally thought there might have been a ceremonial purpose, ...

This wonderful Hopi polychrome small storage jar was probably made in the first half of the 20th century and could have been made by a member of th...

Joy Navasie is among the most famous of Hopi-Tewa potters. She learned the skill from her famous mother, Paqua Naha, the first Frog Woman. Paqua de...

Jean is a daughter of Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo and the granddaughter of Rachel Namingha Nampeyo. Her great grandmother was Annie Healing Nampeyo,...

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Native American young men hastened to volunteer to serve their country. The numbers of Na...

Following the death of Julian in 1943 at the age of 46 years, Maria was devastated as the two had worked together as partners their entire married ...

Maria and Julian Martinez certainly established blackware pottery as a collectible for many generations to come. When Julian passed away in 1943, M...

Maria and Julian Martinez certainly established blackware pottery as a collectible for many generations to come. When Julian passed away in 1943, M...

Maria Martinez was a very talented potter. She had the creativeness to devise numerous vessel shapes and each was visually superior to the shapes o...