Tafoya, Cresencia – Large Plainware Bowl with Bear Paws (1970s)
$ 400.00
Cresencia Tafoya is the mother of noted potters Harriet Tafoya and Annie Baca. This is one of her larger pieces of pottery. The bowl is round and has three bear paws impressed into the clay and then the piece is fully polished and fired a glassy black. Note the style of her bear paws, as each potter has their own bear paw style. The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Cresencia”.
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Cresencia Tafoya is the mother of noted potters Harriet Tafoya and Annie Baca. This is one of her larger pieces of pottery. The bowl is round and has three bear paws impressed into the clay and then the piece is fully polished and fired a glassy black. Note the style of her bear paws, as each potter has their own bear paw style. The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Cresencia”.
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Tafoya, Cresencia (1918-1999)
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.