Acoma Pueblo Turtle Pottery By Judy Ortiz

Mid/Late 20th Century

.375" H x 1.625" L

Hand Built from White Clay with Painted Black and Orange Geometric Design on the Turtles Shell

From a Private Colorado Collection

In Very Good Condition

Judy Ortiz is a contemporary potter from Acoma Pueblo (also known as Sky City), New Mexico, known for traditional hand-coiled pottery, including distinctive turtle figures. 

She learned the craft from her mother, the acclaimed Acoma potter Evelyn Ortiz (born 1938), who has been active since the 1950s and is known for polychrome jars, bowls, and fine-line designs. Judy continues family traditions using natural clays, slips, and pigments, hand-coiling pieces and firing them traditionally.