Zuni Pueblo Pottery Bowl By Jennie Laate

Mid/Late 20th Century

6" H x 10.5" D

Hand Coiled Black and White Large Bowl with Geometric Painted Design 

In Very Good Condition

Jennie Laate (1933–1994) was a prominent potter originally from Acoma Pueblo who married into Zuni Pueblo (A:shiwi) and became a key figure in reviving and teaching traditional Zuni pottery techniques in the mid-to-late 20th century. She was Born at Acoma Pueblo, she learned traditional Acoma pottery methods (hand-coiling, natural slips, pigments, etc.). She married Neil (or Noel) Laate, a Zuni silversmith, and moved to Zuni Pueblo.
She studied Zuni-specific styles under influential potter Daisy Hooee (Hopi/Zuni). From 1974 to 1990, she taught pottery at Zuni High School, passing on clay preparation, coiling, painting, and design traditions to a new generation (using an electric kiln at the school rather than traditional outdoor firing). She was one of the few (and at times the only) Zuni potters exhibiting at Santa Fe Indian Market in the late 1970s, helping bring renewed attention to Zuni pottery.