Santa Clara Pueblo Polychrome Redware Pottery By Belen Tapia

ca. 1970

4" H x 7.375" D

Hand Coiled Polychrome Redware with a Superior Example in Form with Polishing and Geometric Painting Unsigned but likely by Belen Tapia

In Very Good Condition

Belen Tapia (1914–1999) was a renowned potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. She is celebrated as an innovator in polychrome redware pottery—pieces featuring a polished red clay base with designs painted in multiple natural clay slips (such as white, cream, gray, blue-gray, ochre, and black).