Rose Broncho

For hundreds of years, from the arrival of the Spaniards in the late 1500s, this pueblo has been called San Juan Pueblo, after the patron saint of the pueblo, St. John the Baptist.  This very conservative pueblo, home to the famous Po'pay and his allies who led the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, chose to go back to its ancestral name Ohkay Owingeh about 20 years ago.  In addition to reverting to its ancestral name, the potters earlier had chosen to revert to their ancestral pottery style, a style dating to 1450 to 1500, known as Potsuwi'i Incised Ware.  Samples of this pottery were unearthed at their ancestral pueblo Potsuwi'i around 1930 and its reintroduction began shortly after. It is now the preferred style.  The pottery style consists of a matte tan overall base with painted or incised designs of geometrics or pictorial elements.  The rim and underbody are generally slipped in red clay and stone polished to a high luster.  Rose Broncho signs her pottery with her full name and San Juan Pueblo. 

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