Tafoya-Sanchez, Linda – Jar with 68 Carved Feathers

5"w x 3.5"h

$ 1,200.00

This is an exceptional jar by Linda Tafoya-Sanchez is stunning in design and polish.  The jar is carved with 68 feathers, 34 on the top and 34 on the bottom.  On the top, there are even an additional 34 feather “tips” carved near the edge! Each feather is deeply carved into the clay and stone polished.  There is a band on the rim and shoulder that are slipped with mica.  The jar was traditionally fired to a glassy black.  The style of the bowl has a very modernist appearance and yet is classic in traditional design elements.  The bowl is fired a deep black.  It is signed on the bottom, “Linda Tafoya-Sanchez”.