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Winner of the Presidential Scholar Award from the White House in 1988, Cavan unique contributions is in the continued deveopment of polychrome pottery at San Ildefonso. This example, is a medium to large  jar with the rarely seen black and red combination firing. Superior example. Feather motifs and other motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877089992869,"sku":"080605-01","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/080605-01h.jpg?v=1759968512"},{"product_id":"130112-08-historic-san-ildefonso-wedding-jar","title":"Historic San Ildefonso Pueblo Wedding Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eca.  1930\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.5\" H x 9.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Clay Pottery Wedding Jar with Glossy Finish and a Matte Geometric Design and is Unsigned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition and is an Exceptional Early Example \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Historic San Ildefonso Pueblo Wedding Jar (also called a wedding vase) is a traditional form of pottery from San Ildefonso Pueblo (Powhogeh Owingeh) in northern New Mexico. It holds deep cultural significance in Pueblo wedding ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the ceremony, the groom's parents (or a medicine man) traditionally prepare the vase. Blessed water is poured into it, and the couple drinks from each spout—first one, then the other—without spilling, which is believed to foretell a harmonious marriage. The vase then becomes a cherished heirloom in the couple's home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877098381477,"sku":"130112-08","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/1483-02p.jpg?v=1775160095"},{"product_id":"170515-01-san-ildefonso-black-and-red-pottry-olla-attrib-to-marianita-roybal","title":"San Ildefonso Black and Red Pottry Olla Attrib. to Marianita Roybal","description":"\u003cp\u003eca 1910\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.75\" x 12.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn expertly made jar with thin walls, bulbous body and graceful neck. With a rim chip restored, this jar is in excellent condition.  San Ildefonso Pottery Olla \/ Jar; Black on Red Attrib. to Marianita Roybal (Tonita Roybal's mother), 1910-1915\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877130789029,"sku":"170515-01","price":7450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/170515-011_25cf28d2-9571-44b6-a392-b84529617f2a.jpg?v=1773901506"},{"product_id":"990402-12-early-san-ildefonso-pottery-olla","title":"Early San Ildefonso Pueblo Olla Pottery","description":"\u003cp\u003eca.  1900 -1910\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10\" H x 11.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Polychrome with a Tall Neck Jar and Wide Bulbous Lower Body Black with Red on Gray Slip and Red Base with Painted Geometric Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSan Ildefonso Pueblo, located in northern New Mexico along the Rio Grande, has a long and rich pottery tradition rooted in Ancestral Puebloan techniques that date back centuries. An olla is a traditional water jar or storage vessel, typically large, globular or bulbous in shape with a narrow neck or flared rim, designed for carrying and storing water (often balanced on the head). Early San Ildefonso ollas were hand-coiled from local clay, polished with stones, slipped, painted with mineral pigments, and fired outdoors in pits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877152514213,"sku":"990402-12","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/990402-12a.jpg?v=1777494510"},{"product_id":"p302-san-ildephonso-pueblo-fine-santana-and-adam-pottery-jar","title":"San Ildephonso Pueblo Fine Pottery Jar By Santana and Adam","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1955 - 1975\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.25\" H x 4.25\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Black Gun Metal Jar with a High Polish and a Matte Geometric Design Repeated Four Times a Jar with a Short Neck that Slopes Slightly to a Mid-Level Shoulder and Rounds Downward to Base \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a Private Estate Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria’s oldest son, Adam (1903-2000?), and his wife, Santana (1909-2002), San Ildefonso Pueblo, were recognized potters in their own right and even though they are mostly associated with having helped Maria with her pottery they worked together making Black-on-black pottery their entire, long lives. Collaboration on pottery with their dual signatures has been seen for over 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSantana painted designs on pottery and Adam assisted in firing pottery for Maria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSantana came from a long line of talented painters and potters. Her grandmother, Dominguita Pino Martinez, was a famous potter and her brother, Awa Tsireh, was a famous painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdam was the oldest son of Maria and Julian Martinez and he was a serious asset in assisting his mother in gathering clay and firing pottery during the last four decades of her life following the death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877214642341,"sku":"P302","price":1120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p4226_i6_w1000.jpg?v=1757348808"},{"product_id":"190226-01-san-ildephonso-black-on-red-wedding-jar-c-1900-1910","title":"San Ildephonso Pueblo Black on Red Wedding Pottery Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1900 - 1910 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11\" H x 9.25\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Black on Red Wedding Jar with Two Spouts and a Handle with a Floral Motif Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSan Ildefonso Pueblo is one of the Northern Pueblo communities in New Mexico, renowned for its pottery traditions. While the pueblo is most famous today for black-on-black pottery popularized by Maria Martinez and her husband Julian in the early 20th century, earlier and concurrent styles included black-on-red ware.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877224013989,"sku":"190226-01","price":6980.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p4510_i2_w822.jpg?v=1757345639"},{"product_id":"201102-19-cavan-gonzales-eagle-tail-san-ildefonso-c-1970-polychrome-pottery-jar","title":"San Ildefonso Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Jar By Cavan Gonzales","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate 20th\/Early 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5\" H x 7.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled with a Bulbous Form with Painted Eagle Tail Geometric Design and Accented with Tad Poles Signed Cavan Gonzales \"Eagle Tail\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCavan Gonzales (Tse-whang, or \"Eagle Tail,\" born 1970) is a respected potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico. He is the great-great-grandson of the legendary potter Maria Martinez and the son of potter Barbara Gonzales. He learned traditional pottery-making from his mother and has been creating award-winning work since childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none; mso-hide: all;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGonzales initially gained recognition as a painter before focusing on pottery. He studied ceramics at Alfred University and received the Presidential Scholar Award from the White House in 1988. He is widely regarded as a key figure in the revival of traditional San Ildefonso polychrome pottery, a style that uses three or more colors of clay slips for intricate painted designs on a light base, often featuring geometric patterns, feathers, clouds, tadpoles, and motifs inspired by both historic Pueblo traditions and contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877367144613,"sku":"201102-19","price":1470.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6319_i13_w1000.jpg?v=1757346020"},{"product_id":"190919-33-josephine-cordova-vigil-san-ildefonso-pueblo-tan-on-red-feather-jar","title":"San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery Jar By Josephine Cordova Vigil","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1940\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.25\" H x 7\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled Tan on Red Feather Motif Design Jar Signed JC Vigil San Ildefonso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJosephine Cordova Vigil (1927–2001), who formed the pottery body, often in collaboration with her husband Albert Vigil (1927–2009), who typically painted the designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJosephine Cordova Vigil was originally from Taos Pueblo. She moved to San Ildefonso after marrying Albert and learned traditional hand-coiling and stone-polishing techniques by observing and working with Albert's aunts, the renowned potters Maria Martinez and Clara Montoya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlbert Vigil was a nephew of Maria Martinez and son of the painter Romando Vigil (Tse Ye Mu). Maria encouraged the couple to focus on redware traditions. They began producing pottery together around 1945 and continued throughout their married life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTheir work is known for high-quality traditional methods: hand-coiled clay, stone-polished red slip, and matte-painted designs (often in a creamy tan\/buff color) over the polished red background. Common motifs include feather bands (inspired by Julian Martinez's eagle feather designs), geometrics, and occasionally avanyu (water serpent) figures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877372911781,"sku":"190919-33","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6467_i3_w1000.jpg?v=1757345752"},{"product_id":"200602-75-tan-on-red-san-ildephonso-pueblo-pottery-by-rose-m-gutierrez","title":"San Ildephonso Pueblo Pottery By Rose M Gutierrez","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.25\" H x 4.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled in Tan on Red with a Feather and Mountain Motif Design  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRose M. 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Rose's siblings include Geraldine Gutierrez, Carol Gutierrez (Naranjo), and others who have continued the family tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eT\u003cspan style=\"display: none; mso-hide: all;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ehe Gutierrez family has strong ties to both San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pueblo influences, as Helen lived at Santa Clara after marriage and raised her family there. This cross-Pueblo connection is common in pottery families, blending techniques and styles while maintaining traditional methods like hand-coiling (no wheel), natural clay slips, stone polishing, and outdoor pit-firing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877377958053,"sku":"200602-75","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6592_i8_w900.jpg?v=1757345869"},{"product_id":"210324-18-early-tesque-pueblo-pottery-jar","title":"Early Tesque Pueblo Pottery Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.25\" H x 3.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Built with Flowers and Cloud Motif Design A Handsome Smaller Example Typical of the Style that was made for the Early Santa Fe Rail Road Tourist of the Day with an old sticker \"Tasque (sic) Pottery New Mexico\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTesuque Pueblo (often spelled \"Tesuque,\" and sometimes misspelled as \"Tesque\") is one of the Northern Tewa Pueblos in New Mexico, located near Santa Fe. Early historic pottery jars from Tesuque (roughly pre-1880s to early 1900s) represent a rich tradition of hand-coiled, pit-fired ceramic vessels made primarily by women for utilitarian and ceremonial purposes before heavy commercialization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877443494053,"sku":"210324-18","price":205.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6909_i33_w1000.jpg?v=1757346153"},{"product_id":"210324-19-early-tesque-pueblo-pottery-minature-hano-oven","title":"Early Tesque Pueblo Miniature Hano Pottery Oven","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.75\" H x 8\" L x 6\" W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Crafted from Clay and is Very Solid An Uncommonly Early Miniature Traditional Pueblo Hano or Oven\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition Shows Some Early Repairs Likely Done During the Making or Very Early on\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn early 20th-century miniature pottery horno (outdoor adobe-style oven) from Tesuque Pueblo (often spelled \"Tesuque,\" with \"Tesque\" as a common variant), a tourist or collector's piece from around 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877445099685,"sku":"210324-19","price":365.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6910_i41_w1000.jpg?v=1757346153"},{"product_id":"210705-35-small-vintage-santa-ildephonso-triangular-pottery-bowl","title":"Vintage San Ildephonso Triangular Pottery Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1940\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5\" H x 4.75\" x 4.5\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled from Black on Black Clay with Painted Black Matte Paint on High Polish Black Surface and is an uncommon Form\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate Estate Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSan Ildefonso (often spelled Ildefonso) Pueblo pottery from New Mexico is renowned for its high-quality handmade pieces, especially the innovative black-on-black style popularized in the early 20th century by Maria Martinez and her husband Julian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none; mso-hide: all;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTriangular or angular bowls are an uncommon form compared to the more typical round or incurved bowls and jars. 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She was invited to be there with her sisters Maria and Anna plus Ramona Gonzales and Tonita Roybal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877523349669,"sku":"5182-01","price":690.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p8359_i1_w1000.jpg?v=1757348292"},{"product_id":"220921-01-maria-and-popovi-pottery-feather-jar","title":"San Ildefonso Pueblo Feather Jar Pottery By Maria and Popovi","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. 1955\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.375\" H x 6.75\" D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled with a Shiny Metallic Finish and a Feather Motif Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good 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He drew sketches of dances and animals even before attending San Ildefonso Day School where the teacher provided drawing supplies. He did not continue his education after leaving the day school, and his drawing and painting skills were mostly self-taught; though he also learned from watching his uncle Crescencio Martinez who used watercolors to paint dancers on paper in the mid-1910s for Edgar Lee Hewitt. As a young man Awa Tsireh (Cat-tail Bird) painted the decorations on the pottery his mother made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Ildefonso artist Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) is best known as an early master of Pueblo painting; but in his lifetime he also gained renown as a silversmith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1917 Santa Fe poet Alice Corbin Henderson was introduced to Awa Tsireh’s paintings and she became his first patron and promoter. Awa Tsireh’s fame grew nationally in the 1920s prompting a successful one-man show in Chicago; he also painted most of the illustrations for the book Tewa Firelight Tales by Ahlee James published in 1927. In 1931 Awa Tsireh joined with other San Ildefonso artists, including Maria Martinez, Tonita Roybal and Abel Sanchez (Oqwa Pi), to exhibit their works at the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwa Tsireh’s paintings of pueblo dancers and mythology, including black-and-white striped clowns (or kossa) and animals like skunks, owls, and turkeys were meticulously and precisely drawn in both realistic and modernistic styles. 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Whoever he is, he’s the Indian silversmith responsible for that symbolical silver plate which Elizabeth and Joe, to wed today, will give choice place in their household. Of about luncheon size, the plate center is beaten and etched with a god to watch over them, and filled in about and on the rim with emblems of wisdom, constancy, love and happiness. There is no other plate like it and there won’t be for the famous “Awa Sidy” never duplicates. Of New Mexico originally, he’s now collaborating with Charles E. Strausenback in a museum at the Garden of the Gods. The gorgeous silver bracelets which Elizabeth often wears are his work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe split his efforts between painting and silversmithing during these years and in 1939 was commissioned to paint a mural on the front of the newly erected building to house Maisel’s Indian Trading Post in downtown Albuquerque. 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