During the 1950’s Maria Martinez made and polished pottery and signed using her Tewa name, “Maria Poveka”.  Poveka means “Water Lilly”.  This water jar is one of her classic shapes with the slightly indented shoulder.  The sharp shoulder dips down and then extends up to to the neck.  It has a shorter neck but nicely proportional to the rest of the jar.  It is fired to a dark black coloration.  The jar is signed in the clay on the bottom, “Maria Pove’ka”.   It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.

To learn more about Maria’s signatures, click here.