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ca. 1970
3.5" H x 4.25" D
Hand Coiled Blackware with a High Polish and Signed Clara Suazo Santa Clara an Active Potter from 1935
In Very Good Condition
Clara C. Suazo (1913–1997) was a Santa Clara Pueblo potter active from around the 1930s onward. She is known for hand-coiled and polished blackware. She raised nine children, including noted potter Ron Suazo. Her work follows the classic Santa Clara tradition of highly burnished black pottery achieved through reduction firing (smothering the fire to create the deep black color while preserving the polish).
Santa Clara Pueblo is famous for its glossy black-on-black (and red) pottery, often featuring carved, incised, or ribbed "melon" styles. These melon jars have vertical or curved grooves resembling a melon or squash, created by pinching or carving the wet clay before polishing and firing.
Condition:
Very Good
Tribe:
Santa Clara
Year Range:
1950 - 1975
Region:
Southwest
Dimensions:
3.5 in4.25 in
Category:
Pottery Bowls and Jars Post 1940
