The is a classic jar by LuAnn Tafoya.  She is a daughter of Margaret Tafoya and learned to make the large vessels from her mother.  This jar is coil-built with a round body and a sloping neck. The jar is carved with a mesa and moon design.  The carving is deep and even and the bowl is highly polished.  It was traditionally fired a glassy black.  The pottery of LuAnn Tafoya is an important continuation of the traditions of her family and the pueblo.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “LuAnn Tafoya”.

“When I was twelve, I remember one Saturday morning my mom said, “We are going to polish today.” I looked at her, and I said, “Polish today? I’ve never polished a pot.” She put up a table, and I sat on one side and she sat on the other side. She started putting the clay slip on some small pieces. As soon as it was ready for me to polish, she would hand me the small pot. She kept putting the slip onto six small bowls. It was like a rotation of working on it. After she put the slip on then I would start polishing, so we keep on going. That’s where I remember starting to work on the pots.”  LuAnn Tafoya, Spoken Through Clay