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Appleleaf, Martha Fender – 11″ Tall Wedding Vase with Avanyu (2002)
8"w x 11"h
$ 1,600.00
Martha Appleleaf learned to make pottery from her mother, Carmelita Vigil Dunlap. Today she continues to create distinctive pottery with traditional designs. This is a large coil-built wedding vase. The piece has a round body and elongated spouts. It is painted with an avanyu encircling the body of the vase. The spouts have cloud designs. The piece was traditionally fired to a glassy black. The jar is signed on the bottom, “Marth Appleleaf”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Martha Appleleaf learned to make pottery from her mother, Carmelita Vigil Dunlap. Today she continues to create distinctive pottery with traditional designs. This is a large coil-built wedding vase. The piece has a round body and elongated spouts. It is painted with an avanyu encircling the body of the vase. The spouts have cloud designs. The piece was traditionally fired to a glassy black. The jar is signed on the bottom, “Marth Appleleaf”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Fender, Martha Appleleaf (b. 1950)
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Martha Apple Leaf Fender[/caption]
Martha Appleleaf Fender learned to make pottery from her mother, Carmelita Vigil Dunlap. Her brother, Carlos Dunlap, and sisters Linda Duplap and Jeannie Mountain Flower Dunlap are also well-known pottery. Her son, Erik Fender, continues the family tradition of making pottery. As a child Martha would watch her aunts, Maria Martinez and Desideria Montoya make pottery. During her early years, she experimented, making green on red pots like her uncle, Tsa-Pe, and cream on red pots like her other uncle, Albert Vigil.
Martha Apple Leaf Fender[/caption]
Martha Appleleaf Fender learned to make pottery from her mother, Carmelita Vigil Dunlap. Her brother, Carlos Dunlap, and sisters Linda Duplap and Jeannie Mountain Flower Dunlap are also well-known pottery. Her son, Erik Fender, continues the family tradition of making pottery. As a child Martha would watch her aunts, Maria Martinez and Desideria Montoya make pottery. During her early years, she experimented, making green on red pots like her uncle, Tsa-Pe, and cream on red pots like her other uncle, Albert Vigil.