Appleleaf, Martha Fender – Red Jar with Avanyu and Clouds (1990s)
$ 1,100.00
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 classic sharp-shoulder jar with sloping sides. The piece is fully polished red and painted with an avanyu around the top of the shoulder. Below are clouds and near the base are tadpoles. The jar was traditionally fired, and it is a striking coloration. The jar is signed on the bottom, “Martha 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 classic sharp-shoulder jar with sloping sides. The piece is fully polished red and painted with feathers and a rain design around the sides of the piece. The jar was traditionally fired, and it is a striking coloration. The jar is signed on the bottom, “Martha 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 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.