{"product_id":"22-0199-santa-clara-pueblo-carved-blackware-pottery-by-margaret-tafoya","title":"Santa Clara Pueblo Carved Blackware Pottery by Margaret Tafoya","description":"\u003cp\u003eSanta Clara Pueblo Carved Blackware Pottery by Margaret Tafoya\u003cbr\u003eMid to Late 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eca 1960\u003cbr\u003eSize: 5\" x 6 1\/2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the classic Avaynu Water Serpent motif.\u003cbr\u003eFrom a Private Colorado Collection\u003cbr\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Margarita \"Margaret\" Tafoya (Tewa name: Corn Blossom; August 13, 1904 – February 25, 2001) was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret was the daughter of Sara Fina (sometimes spelled Serafina) Guiterrez Tafoya (1863–1949) and Jose Geronimo Tafoya (1863–1955). She attended the Santa Clara Pueblo elementary school, and then the Santa Fe Indian School from 1915 to 1918. She had to drop out of high school to help her family during the flu pandemic of 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret learned the art of making pottery from her parents, and was particularly influenced by her mother. Sara Fina was considered the leading potter of Santa Clara in her day, as the master of making exceptionally large, finely polished blackware. She also occasionally made redware, micaceous clay storage jars and other smaller utilitarian forms. Margaret's father was primarily concerned with raising food for the family but he was also known to make pottery and helped Sara Fina with many aspects of her pottery production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877802860709,"sku":"22-0199","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p11829_i169_w1004.jpg?v=1757346522","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/22-0199-santa-clara-pueblo-carved-blackware-pottery-by-margaret-tafoya","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}