Santa Clara Pottery

Santa Clara Pueblo pottery is among the finest being created today. Beautifully polished redware and blackware are traditional specialties, and emerging Santa Clara potters craft fine carved, sgraffito and polychrome pieces.

Santa Clara Pueblo is located approximately 25 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Baca, Alvin

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Alvin Baca, b. 1966.

Very fine blackware melon jar by the acclaimed son of Angela Baca.

Height: 6"

Diameter: 4 1/4"

#6400

Baca, Angela

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Angela Baca, b. 1927.

Fine melon pot.

Angela's specialty, this one in redware.

Height: 3 1/4"

Diameter: 5 1/2"

#9096

Bourdon, Birdell ("Vine Flower")

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Birdell Bourdon, b. 1957

Traditional stone-polished blackware bowl

Height: 3 7/8"

Diameter: 5"

#7166

Bourdon, Birdell ("Vine Flower")

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Birdell Bourdon, b. 1957

Traditional stone-polished blackware bowl

Height: 4"

Diameter: 5 1/4"

#7168

Bourdon, Birdell ("Vine Flower")

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Birdell Bourdon, b. 1957

Traditional stone-polished blackware bowl

Height: 3 1/4"
Diameter: 4 3/4"

#9242

Cain, Mary

Mary Cain's Santa Clara Pueblo olla

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Mary Cain (Blue Rain), b. 1915, daughter of Christina Naranjo.

Beautiful high-polish blackware olla by this elder master.

Height: 2 5/8"
Diameter: 4 5/8"

#7621

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Cain, Mary

Mary Cain's Santa Clara Pueblo jar

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Mary Cain (Blue Rain), b. 1915, daughter of Christina Naranjo.

Beautiful high-polish blackware jar by this elder master. Unusual 'hip' around base of the jar.

Height: 4 1/4"
Diameter: 4 1/2"

#7626

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Cata, Sophie

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Sophie Cata, b. 1957.

Pretty little high-polish bowl - Sophie's specialty.

Height: 2 7/8"

Diameter: 3 3/4"

Chavarria, Denise

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Denise Chavarria, b. 1959, daughter of Stella Chavarria.

Nice little stone-polished blackware 'Avanyu' jar.

Height: 4 1/4"
Diameter: 3 1/2"

#9223

Chavarria, Millie

San Ildefonso Pueblo bowl by Millie Chavarria

Millie Chavarria, b. 1946.

Finely carved and highly polished example of this talented potter's work. Note the rare inside polishing.

Height: 2 1/4"

Diameter: 4 1/2"

#2289L

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Chavarria, Stella

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Stella Chavarria, b. 1939, daughter of Teresita Naranjo.

Superb example of this highly celebrated potter's work.

Height: 3 3/4"
Diameter: 5 3/4"

#2289J

Chavarria, Stella

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Stella Chavarria, b. 1939, daughter of Teresita Naranjo.

Stone-polished and carved redware 'Avanyu' jar.

Height: 5"
Diameter: 4"

#9219

Chavarria, Stella

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Stella Chavarria, b. 1939, daughter of Teresita Naranjo.
Stone-polished and carved redware 'Avanyu' bowl.
Height: 2 3/4"
Diameter: 4"

#9218

Chavarria, Stella

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Stella Chavarria, b. 1939, daughter of Teresita Naranjo.
Stone-polished and carved blackware 'Avanyu' jar.
Height: 5 5/8"
Diameter: 4 1/4"

#9221

Chavarria, Stella

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Stella Chavarria, b. 1939, daughter of Teresita Naranjo.
Stone-polished and carved blackware 'Avanyu' jar.
Height: 5"
Diameter: 4"

#9220

Garcia, Tina

Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Tina Garcia

Tina Garcia, 1957-2003, granddaughter of Severa Tafoya.

Exceptional redware olla by this highly celebrated potter.

Impressed hand design. High stone-polish on this difficult color.

Height: 5 1/4"

Diameter: 9"

#7159

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Garcia, Virginia

Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Virginia Garcia

Virginia Garcia, b. 1963, granddaughter of Severa Tafoya.

Exquisite high-polish jar with impressed hand and two-stepped shoulder. A favored design of this talented potter.

It is very difficult to achieve a polish of this quality on redware.

Height: 9"
Diameter: 7 1/8"

#6408

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Garcia, Virginia

Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Virginia Garcia

Virginia Garcia, b. 1963, granddaughter of Severa Tafoya.

Exquisite highly polished blackware jar with impressed hand and stepped shoulder. A favored design of this talented potter.

Height: 9"
Diameter: 7 1/4"

#7063

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Gutierrez, Lela & Luther

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Polychrome bowl in excellent condition.

Made by Lela Gutierrez

(1874 - 1966 )
Painted by her son Luther (Eleuterio) Gutierrez

(1911 - 1987).

Height: 3 3/4"
Diameter: 4 1/4"

#3809

Gutierrez, Lela and Van

Lela and Van Gutuirrez Santa Clara Pueblo bowl

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Lela (1874-1969) and Van (Evangelio) (1870-1956) Gutierrez.

A rare and fine example of this highly celebrated couple's distinctive work.

Height: 3 5/8" Length: 12 1/4" Width: 9 3/4"

#4945

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Haungooah, Art

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Art Haungooah, 1943 - d (date uncertain).

Kiowa, grandson of famed medicine man Silverhorn.

Haungooah married into the Santa Clara Pueblo and learned their pottery tradition from his wife, Martha Suazo.

Deeply carved blackware bowl.

Two 1/2" rim chips (not seen in photo).

Height: 2 3/4"
Diameter: 5 3/4"

#5473

Naranjo, Christina

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Christina Naranjo, 1891-1980.

Choice large vase, ca. 1950

Height: 11 1/2"
Diameter: 8 1/2"

#4A30

Naranjo, Forrest

Santa Clara Pueblo pottery sculpture by Forrest Naranjo

Forrest Naranjo, b. 1963.

Exceptional carved pottery sculpture, depicting birds of prey and birds of the hunt.

Height: 3 7/8"
Diameter: 2 1/2"

#4964

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Naranjo, Madeline

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Madeline Naranjo's pottery career dated from the mid-1930s.

Exceptional carved blackware oval pot. Single blemish (scuff) near lip.

Height: 3 1/2"
Width: 5 3/4" x 6 3/4"

#5447

Naranjo, Nicolasa

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Nicolasa Naranjo, b. 1907.

Fine example of this highly celebrated elder master's work, likely made toward the end of her long career.

A slightly ovally formed bowl

Height: 2 1/4" Length: 6" Width: 5 3/8"

#5508

Naranjo, Teresita

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Teresita (Apple Blossom) Naranjo, 1915-1999.

Avanyu (Water Serpent) Bowl in excellent condition.

An exceptional bowl by one of the finest Pueblo potters of all time.

Height: 2 1/2"
Diameter: 8 1/4"

#7594

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Red Starr

Santa Clara Pueblo seed jar by Red Starr

A family of bears is confronted by a skunk on this beautiful piece. An intricate feather design decorates the reverse.

Distinctive Red Starr workmanship. Elaborately incised and highly polished blackware with turquoise accents.

Height: 3 1/2"
Diameter: 4"

#7616

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Red Starr

Santa Clara Pueblo bowl by Red Starr

Red Starr depicts a pair of bighorn sheep on this fine example of his work. An intricate feather design decorates the reverse.

Elaborately incised and highly polished blackware with turquoise accents.

Height: 4"
Diameter: 5 1/8"

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Salazar, Frances

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Frances Salazar, Summer Clan, Santa Clara Pueblo potter since the early 1940s.

Beautiful blackware bowl by this elder master. Stone-polished inside and out.

Height: 2 3/4"
Diameter: 6 1/2"

#6504

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Salazar, Frances

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Frances Salazar, Summer Clan, Santa Clara Pueblo potter since the early 1940s.

Unusually shaped pot by this elder master, ca. 1960.

Height: 2 7/8"
Diameter: 3 3/4"

#6786

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Singer, Mary

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Mary Singer, b. 1936.

A very well crafted, highly stone-polished 'Avanyu' bowl by this multiple award-winning artist.

Height: 4 1/8"
Diameter: 7 3/4"

#9282

Tafoya, Cresencia

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Cresencia Tafoya, 1918-1999 (also known as ' Crescencia'), daughter of Tomasita Gutierrez Tafoya and Cruz Tafoya.

Black-on-black matte Avanyu design.

Very good condition, ca. 1940.

Height: 4"
Diameter: 7 1/2"

#2416

Tafoya, Cresencia

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Cresencia Tafoya, 1918-1999 (also known as ' Crescencia'), daughter of Tomasita Gutierrez Tafoya