Setalla, Pauline – Bowl with Handle (1980s)

4"w x 3.75"h

$ 200.00

Pauline Talasyousia (Setalla) (b. 1930) married Justin Navasie Setalla.  She was raised in the village of Mishongovi and learned to make pottery from her mother-in-law, Agnes Navasie and her sister-in-law Eunice “Fawn” Navasie.  She had ten children, including Dee Stealla, Agnes Nasonhoya, Gwen Setalla and Stetson Setalla, who are all potters.  This is a bowl with a handle, or a cup. It is painted with bee-weed for the black. The designs are cloud, rain, and wind designs.  The inside of the bowl is also fully stone polished.  It was traditionally fired to create the blushes on the surface. The piece is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed, “Pauline Setalla” on the bottom.