Laguna Pueblo Pottery Jar By Mirium Davis

ca.  2000

8" H x 8.75" D

Hand Coiled Handsome Black on White Jar in a Graceful Form and a Geometric Diamond Motif Design Signed Laguna M Davis NM

In Very Good Condition

Miriam (or Mirium) Ortiz Davis (b. December 3, 1952) is a respected contemporary potter from Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. She is the daughter of potters Mark Ortiz (or Frank Ortiz in some sources) and Marie Yepa. nativeskiesgallery.com +1 She began making pottery around 1983 and specializes in traditional hand-coiled polychrome jars and bowls. Her work features elegant forms with intricate geometric designs, often incorporating motifs like stars, clouds, rain, and other symbolic patterns in black, rust/red, and orange on a white slip background. She signs pieces as “M. Davis” or similar, often with “Laguna NM.”