Barbarita Naranjo was a daughter of noted potter Pasquelita Tafoya and a niece of Sara Fina Tafoya.  This is one of the largest pieces we have had of her work.  It is coil-built and deeply carved with cloud and mesa designs.  Note how she used the negative space for the mesa designs.  The jar is fully polished and fired to a glassy black.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Barbarita”.  Her legacy continues in the pottery of her daughters Veronica  Naranjo and Mary Scarborough and her nieces Cresencia Tafoya, Gloria Garcia, Minnie Vigil, and Lois Gutierrez.