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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 
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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 
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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 
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San Ildefonso Pueblo bowl by Millie Chavarria
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"


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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 
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Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Tina Garcia
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 
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Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Virginia Garcia
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 
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Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Virginia Garcia
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 
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Lela and Van Gutuirrez Santa Clara Pueblo bowl
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 
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Santa Clara Pueblo pottery sculpture by Forrest Naranjo
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 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 
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Santa Clara Pueblo seed jar by 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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Santa Clara Pueblo bowl by 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 and Cruz Tafoya.

Pretty little handcoiled and stonepolished bowl by this renowned elder artist.

Height: 2 1/2"
Diameter: 4"



#5224

Tafoya, Earlene Youngbird 
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Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Earlene Youngbird Tafoya
Santa Clara Pueblo olla by Earlene Youngbird Tafoya
 

Intricate geometric-design redware olla.  This is a typically exquisite example of Earlene's technique.
 
Cream, orange and beige over red background.
 
Height: 4" 
Diameter: 4 1/4"


#7081

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Tafoya, Earlene Youngbird 
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Santa Clara Pueblo Avanyu olla by Earlene Youngbird Tafoya
Santa Clara Pueblo Avanyu olla by Earlene Youngbird Tafoya
 

Striking Avanyu (Water Serpent) olla by this master of polychrome redware pottery.  Another georgeous example of Earlene's work.
 
Cream, orange and beige over red background.
 
Height: 6 1/4"
Diameter: 6 3/4"


#7082

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Tafoya, Eric 
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Santa Clara Pueblo polychrome jar by Eric Tafoya
Santa Clara Pueblo polychrome jar by Eric Tafoya
 

Eric Tafoya, b. 1969.
 
Fine carved and incised polychrome jar.
 
Red and beige on black.
 
Height: 5 1/4
Diameter: 5"


#7597

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Tafoya, Eric 
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Finely incised polychrome seedpot in sienna, red and black.  Typical of Eric's painstaking style.  This work features an overall floral design with a solitary hummingbird.

Height: 3"
Diameter: 4 1/4"



#9232

Tafoya, Eric 
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A smaller jar in a delicately incised hummingbird and floral design.  Sienna, red and black.

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



#9237

Tafoya, Eric 
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A larger seedpot, also in a nicely incised hummingbird and floral design.  Sienna, red and black.

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



#9233

Tafoya, Gwen 
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Finely incised polychrome bowl in a floral design.  Gwen is renowned for her sgraffito.

Height: 2 1/2"
Diameter: 3"



#9235

Tafoya, Legoria 
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Legoria and Pasqual Tafoya's Santa Clara Pueblo bowl
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Legoria (1911-1984) and Pasqual Tafoya.

Wonderful and extremely rare olla.  A great deal of slip wear obvious in the photos.

Legoria began her long career in 1930 and continued potting throughout her life, sometimes collaborating with her husband Pasqual, governor of the Pueblo.  In her very first exhibition at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market in 1940, she brought home First Prize.

Height: 5 1/4"
Diameter: 5 1/2"


#4962

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Tafoya, Madeline 
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Madeline Tafoya, b. 1912.

Exceptionally fine design on this traditional olla, made by Madeline in 1986.

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


#5208

Tafoya, Madeline 
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Madeline Tafoya, b. 1912.

Melon Bowl - Exceptional handcoiled and stone-polished example of a traditional form by this highly renowned elder artist.

Height: 2 1/2"
Diameter: 5 1/2"


#5223

Tafoya, Margaret 
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Margaret Tafoya (Corn Blossom), 1904-2001, matriarch of Santa Clara potters.
 
Choice redware bowl, high stone-polish inside and out, ca. 1950.

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

Height: 5 1/2"
Diameter: 10 3/4"



#2352

Tapia, Belen 
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Belen Tapia, 1914-1999.
 
Deeply carved blackware pottery pipe in excellent condition.

Height: 2"
Length: 4 1/4"


#4950

Velarde, Yolanda 
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Santa Clara Pueblo bowl by Yolanda Velarde
Santa Clara Pueblo bowl by Yolanda Velarde
 

Yolanda Velarde, b.1961.
 
Fine highly polished sgraffito bowl.
 
Feather and abstract design elements.
 
Height: 5 1/8
Diameter: 5 3/4"


#9072A

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Vigil, Minnie 
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Minnie Vigil, b. 1931.
 
Nice handcoiled and stone-polished black-on-black pot by this renowned artist.

Height: 4"
Diameter: 5 3/4"


#5222

Vigil, Minnie 
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Minnie Vigil, b. 1931.
 
Nice little example of this famed potter's work.  Very characteristic of Minnie's unique style.
 
Seedpot with geometric design representing weather symbols.  Gray and black over highly polished redware.
 
Height: 3 1/4"
Diameter: 3 3/4"


#7143

Wan Povi 
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Kathleen Pino Wan Povi Sanchez.

Beautiful lidded jar, ca. 1970.

Height: 6 1/8"
Diameter: 3 1/2"


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