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Late 20th Century
3.75" H x 3.75" D
Hand Coiled and Polished Natural Clay Pottery with Melon Ribbed Design
From a Private Colorado Collection
In Very Good Condition Top Rim has a Chip
Vangie Tafoya is a renowned potter from Jemez Pueblo, with San Ildefonso heritage, born in 1944. She comes from a distinguished pottery family, inspired by her grandmother, Maria Sanchez Colaque, and related to the legendary potter Maria Martinez. Active since 1982, Vangie is celebrated for her polished redware and black-on-white sgraffito pottery, including seed pots, jars, wedding vases, melon bowls, canteens, pitchers, and miniatures. Her intricate freehand sgraffito designs often feature hummingbirds, eagles, water serpents (avanyu), clouds, feathers, and geometric patterns, crafted with natural clay and paints from Jemez Pueblo’s sacred grounds. Vangie’s signature includes “Vangie Tafoya, Jemez” followed by an eagle feather, representing her clan origin. She has passed her craft to her children, Brenda Tafoya, Helen Tafoya Henderson, and Tyron Tafoya.
Condition:
Very Good
Tribe:
Jemez
Year Range:
1975 - 2000
Region:
Southwest
Dimensions:
3.75 in3.75 in
Category:
Pottery Bowls and Jars Post 1940
