Susan “Snowflake” Romero’s pottery is highly polished and intricately etched with detailed imagery.  She learned to make pottery from her father, Joseph Lonewolf. This seedpot is fully polished and fully designed  It is a fascinating design on this piece.  There is a Comanche Dancer, which is seen on the Pueblos.  He is surrounded by a Bear Dancer, a Deer Dancer, and a Buffalo Dancer. The dancers are anthropomorphized to have realistic animal heads.  They are each intricately designed to encircle the piece.  The various levels of her design work are part of what makes her pottery so visually distinctive.  Note the various colorations, as Susan often etches just the polished area away to reveal the matte red, and going deeper, there is the tan of the clay.  It is very complicated and time-consuming to etch in this manner!  However, the results are exceptional.  The piece is signed on the bottom in the clay with her Tewa name, “Pho-sa-We”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.