Dunlap, Linda – Brown Fired Terrace Jar with Butterfly and Feather Design

Linda Dunlap is a daughter of Carmelita Dunlap and a grandaughter of Juanita Montoya Vigil, the youngest sister of Maria Martinez.  She is sister to Jeannie Dunlap, Cynthia Dunlap, Carlos Dunlap, and Martha Appleaf Fender.   This bowl is fully polished and painted with a flowing series of plant and rain cloud designs. Typical of her work, she leaves a lot of open space to accentuate her tightly painted designs.  The shape of the bowl is “terrace” bowl with a raised section that has steps like a mountain.  The bowl was fired a brown coloration.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Linda Dunlap”.  It is in excellent condition with o chips, cracks, restoration or repair.