Santa Clara Pueblo Large Bear Paw Jar [SOLD]

Lu Ann Tafoya, a daughter of Margaret Tafoya, certainly inherited the talent to produce beautifully sculpted jars with outrageously burnished surfaces. She has made jars almost three feet tall, a feat not easily accomplished.  This globular-shaped jar has a beautiful deep red slip that was burnished to a high luster.  There are four bear paw designs around the circumference.

Lu Ann Tafoya has won awards for her pottery for over 20 years.  Her polish is above average, forms well balanced and designs creative.  She is a master potter in various vessel shapes and in black and red polished wares.

Condition: this Santa Clara Pueblo Large Bear Paw Jar is in original condition

Provenance: from the Phillips estate of Colorado

Recommended Reading: Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf