Legoria Tafoya Legoria was a sister of painter Pablita Velarde. She was the mother of noted potter Celes Tafoya. This bowl is coil-built, carved, and stone polished, even on the inside!  The bowl was made by Legoria and then carved by her daughter, Celes.  The exterior has a complicated avanyu (water serpent) as the design.  The style of her carving is a gentle cameo-style relief in the clay.  The interior is also fully polished.  The surface is stone polished and it was traditionally fired black.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, Legoria + Celes”.  It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.