Santa Clara Pueblo Red Polychrome Pottery

Mid/Late 20th Century 3.375" H x 4" D Hand Coiled from Polychrome Redware with an Avanyu (water serpent) Motif Design In Very Good Condition Santa Clara Pueblo is located about 26 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. This Tewa-speaking Pueblo has a pottery-making heritage spanning over 300 years, originally for utilitarian purposes like storage, cooking, and water vessels, but evolving in the late 19th century to include pieces made for tourists and collectors.Redware is fired in an oxygen-rich environment to retain the natural red tone of the clay and polished to a high sheen.