Tenorio, Thomas – 11″ Tall Water Jar with Sun and Plant Designs (2003)
$ 1,000.00
Thomas Tenorio is from the Aguilar family of Kewa Pueblo. Amazingly, he taught himself to make pottery! This tall water jar has a round shoulder and a turned out rim. The neck is painted with a sun design and below are rain designs. The body of the jar has plant patterns. It is signed on the bottom “Thomas Tenorio”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Thomas Tenorio is from the Aguilar family of Kewa Pueblo. Amazingly, he taught himself to make pottery! This large open bowl is coil-built and painted with bee-weed and a red clay slip. The bowl has a large Pueblo bird painted in the center. The bird is surrounded by plant designs. There are clouds along the inside rim of the piece. The outside has large spinach leaf patterns. It is signed on the bottom “Thomas Tenorio”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Tenorio, Thomas (b. 1963)
Thomas Tenorio is from the Aguilar family of Kewa Pueblo. His name in Keres is U-Nah-Thee-Wah. When he began making pottery he felt that the ancient traditional methods of pottery making was dying within his pueblo so he was inspired to try and resurrect the long lived legacy. Thomas taught himself to make traditional pottery by reading textbooks, conducting one on one interviews with other pottery makers and research. He has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market for his large scale pottery.