Taos Pueblo 7 Piece Nacimiento [SOLD]

Juanita du Bray grew up at Taos Pueblo and learned by watching her mother make pottery for use in cooking and serving.  She didn't start making pottery until 1980 when she began making traditional Taos pottery and employed early pueblo designs and shapes.  Juanita prefers to use corn and lizard designs and believes that her pottery reflects her experiences in life.  Her micaceous pieces are included in national and international collections.

This nacimiento includes a kneeling female and a very tall male figure both in traditional Native American dress, the Christ Child in a bowl shaped manger, 2 lambs and a flat, clay backdrop depicting a horno by the side of an adobe house.  The only designs are carved into the micaceous clay.  The flat clay backdrop is signed J (Suazo) Du Bray and the female figure is signed J S du Bray.

Condition:  very good condition.

Provenance:  from a Santa Fe collector.

Recommended Reading:  Nacimientos by Guy and Doris Monthan