Pottery
Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery Bowl By Margaret Tafoya
$800.00
Biography
The life and work of Margaret Tafoya
At a glance
- Life dates
- 1904-2001
- Tribe / Pueblo
- Santa Clara
- Known for
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- Carved Black and Red Burnished Pottery
- Available now
- 4 pieces
Margaret Tafoya (1904–2001) was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo pottery, celebrated for her monumental blackware and redware vessels and her mastery of traditional Pueblo techniques. Trained by her mother, renowned potter Sara Fina Tafoya, she carried forward more than a millennium of Pueblo ceramic traditions and helped elevate Santa Clara pottery to international recognition. Her legacy continues through multiple generations of accomplished potters in her family.
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