Artist Media Series
Living Artists
Historic
$ 450.00
Barbara Gonzales is a great-great-granddaughter of Maria Martinez. She is known for her innovative pottery, which combines etched designs along with inset stones. This is a classic round bowl, much in the form-style of Maria. The bowl is fully polished. It is etched with two spiders and a spider web. One spider has coral insets and one turquoise. Barbara says she used the spider as a symbol of good luck and the turquoise or coral represents male or female. The rim of the bowl has been two-toned sienna. The bowl is signed in the clay, “Than-Moo-Whe”, which is her name in Tewa. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
Artist Media Series
Living Artists