Description: Cresencia Tafoya (1918-1999) Vintage San Ildefonso pottery blackware bowl made by traditional coiled clay method, smoothed, fired, and stone-burnished to a high polish with grey colored slip design. The design surrounds the bowl consisting of traditional motifs.Signed on the base "Cresencia, San Ildelfonso,"Size: 4" x 7.5'Condition: Excellent. No Cracks or Repairs. There is a small chip on the rim of the pot. There are minor blemishes typical of handmade vintage pottery. Please enlarge photos as they are a large part of the description.Cresencia Tafoya was the matriarch of a family of potters including Harriet Tafoya, Annie Baca and Pauline Martinez. She was also a granddaughter of Pasquelita Tafoya, a daughter of Tomacita Tafoya and a niece of Celestina Naranjo. Cresencia created a style of highly polished and tightly painted pottery which has been continued by her children. Cresencia won numerous awards for her pottery at Santa Fe Indian Market and other art events.This is a beautiful large blackware bowl. Nice size and symmetrical shape, made by traditional methods with traditional designs. This is truly a work of art and a great piece to add to your collection."Cresencia Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo, potted during a time when pueblo pottery was in its heyday, which is from World War II to the end of the 1900s. She was known for her black-on-black jars, wedding vases, carved blackware seed jars, and polychrome redware oval bowls." **Reference: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.
Price: 416.5 USD
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
End Time: 2024-09-18T21:05:57.000Z
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Origin: San Ildelfonso Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
Artisan: Cresencia Tafoya
Tribal Affiliation: San Ildelfonso Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Native American: US
Handmade: Yes
