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Tafoya, Margaret – Red Water Jar with Carved Avanyu (1940s)
5.75"w x 9"h
$ 4,800.00
This is a striking carved water jar by Margaret Tafoya. The jar was made in the late 1940s with a lighter weight clay and the earlier deep red slip on the surface. The jar is coil-built and has a low shoulder and elongated neck. There is a water serpent carved encircling the jar. The mouth and eye are painted “red-on-red”. The background area is slipped with the traditional white clay. The neck, base, and avanyu are all polished with a deep red clay. This clay was primarily used in the 1930s-40s and then was lost and the new slip for polishing was more orange than red. The jar was traditionally fired with slight color variations to the surface. It’s exciting to come across such creative pieces of her early pottery! It is signed on the bottom, “Margaret”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. Definitely a piece of Pueblo history in clay!
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This is a striking carved water jar by Margaret Tafoya. The jar was made in the late 1940s with a lighter weight clay and the earlier deep red slip on the surface. The jar is coil-built and has a low shoulder and elongated neck. There is a water serpent carved encircling the jar. The mouth and eye are painted “red-on-red”. The background area is slipped with the traditional white clay. The neck, base, and avanyu are all polished with a deep red clay. This clay was primarily used in the 1930s-40s and then was lost and the new slip for polishing was more orange than red. The jar was traditionally fired with slight color variations to the surface. It’s exciting to come across such creative pieces of her early pottery! It is signed on the bottom, “Margaret”. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. Definitely a piece of Pueblo history in clay!
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Tafoya, Margaret (1904-2001)
Margaret Tafoya
Margaret Tafoya is a daughter of noted potter Sara Fina Tafoya and a sister of Christina Naranjo and Camilio Tafoya. She is the matriarch of a family of renowned potters, each of whom created their distinctive styles. Margaret Tafoya had twelve children, eight of whom became potters. They include Virginia Ebelacker, Lee Tafoya, Toni Roller, LuAnn Tafoya, Mela Youngblood, Jennie Trammel, Mary Ester Archuleta, and Shirley Tafoya. Her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren carry on the pottery-making tradition today. Margaret Tafoya was a guardian of traditional pottery-making methods and techniques. She created large vessels with stone polished surfaces. Her carving was done before the piece was polished. She produced her work from the 1920s through the 1980s. Margaret Tafoya won numerous awards throughout her career, including Best of Show at Santa Fe Indian Market in 1979 and 1980. She was also awarded the Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984.The book, "Born of Fire," follows her life and art over many decades. It is also the only book to identify her pottery by the decade produced using the variations in her signature. This book is the first complete biography of Margaret Tafoya's life. It is divided into decades, giving the reader a deeper understanding of her life and pottery over nearly 100 years. There are new biographies on Virginia Ebelacker, Richard Ebelacker, Lee Tafoya, Linda Tafoya, Jennie Trammel, Mela Youngblood, Nathan Youngblood, Nancy Youngblood, Toni Roller, Jeff Roller, LuAnn Tafoya, Daryl Whitegeese, Mary Ester Archuleta, and Shirley Tafoya. The photography of the pottery in this book is exceptional. Throughout the book, personal narratives by family members and family photographs create a wonderful sense of her humanity and artistic accomplishments.
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