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Tafoya, Myra Little Snow – Bowl with 20 Carved Feathers (1990)
3.75"w x 2.5"h
$ 175.00
Myra Little Snow Tafoya was known for her creative deep carved pottery. Each piece is coil built, carved, and stone polished. This bowl is carved with 20 feathers around the shoulder. Each feather is stone polished. The matte area behind the feathers is incised with vertical lines. It is signed on the bottom in the clay “Myra Little Snow”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Myra Little Snow Tafoya was known for her creative deep carved pottery. Each piece is coil built, carved, and stone polished. This bowl is carved with 20 feathers around the shoulder. Each feather is stone polished. The matte area behind the feathers is incised with vertical lines. It is signed on the bottom in the clay “Myra Little Snow”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
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Myra Little Snow is a daughter of Lucy Yearflower Tafoya, a granddaughter of Camilio Tafoya and the sister of Shawn, Kelli Little Katchina and Forrest Tafoya. She began making pottery in the early 1970's and was featured in the "7 Families in Pueblo Pottery" book. While Myra no longer makes pottery, her early pieces are a wonderful part of the history of Camilio Tafoya's family legacy!
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Tafoya, Myra Little Snow (b. 1962)
Myra Little Snow is a daughter of Lucy Yearflower Tafoya, a granddaughter of Camilio Tafoya and the sister of Shawn, Kelli Little Katchina and Forrest Tafoya. She began making pottery in the early 1970's and was featured in the "7 Families in Pueblo Pottery" book. While Myra no longer makes pottery, her early pieces are a wonderful part of the history of Camilio Tafoya's family legacy!