Setalla, Pauline – Large Canteen with Longhair Mana Katsina (1970s)

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 Setalla, Agnes Nasonhoya, Gwen Setalla, and Stetson Setalla, who are all potters.  This is one of her creative canteens from the 1970s.  The piece sits at an angle and has an upturned spout. The entire piece is polished white. The front is painted with a Longhair Mana Katsina along with clouds, and a bear paw. The black is bee-weed, and the white and red are clay slips.  It was traditionally fired, creating striking colorations that range from pink to tan.  The canteen is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed, “Pauline Setalla”.