Martinez, Pauline – Bowl with Feather and Rain Patterns

6"w x 4.75"h

$ 600.00

Pauline is a daughter of noted potter Cresencia Tafoya (1918-99) and a sister of Harriet Tafoya, Annie Baca, and Mark Tafoya. Although she was born at Santa Clara Pauline married and moved to San Ildefonso.  This is a larger piece of her pottery which is fully polished and painted.  The design is a feather pattern separated by a storm pattern (rain and lightning).  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Pauline”.