Artist Media Series
Contemporary
King Galleries - Indian Market 2023
Tammy Garcia
Susan Folwell
Autumn Borts
Les Namingha
Nathan Youngblood
Robert Patricio
Al Qoyawayma
Andrea Vargas
Steve Lucas
Jennifer Tafoya
Arthur Lopez
Historic
$ 2,500.00
This is a simple but classic bowl by Nathan Youngblood. There is a single bear paw carved into the clay on one side. The remainder of the bowl is fully polished. It has been fired to a deep black coloration. The bear paw is symbolic of a Pueblo story where the bear led the Pueblo people to water during a drought. While simple in design, there is a classic sense to the form and polish, certainly reminiscent of the work of his great-grandmother Margaret Tafoya. The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay with his name and hallmarked name in Tewa.