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Kewa Pueblo Polychrome Pictorial Olla by Robert Tenorio - 25436
There is probably no collector of contemporary pueblo pottery who does not know Robert Tenorio or at least aware of him. He is the best-known potter from Santo Domingo Pueblo. Robert makes pottery that is as functional as pottery was a hundred years ago. He makes it for his own table use and makes functional pottery for many other pueblo residents.
Robert attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) at the time that Otellie Loloma was a teacher and it was she who convinced him to enroll in ceramics class. She enrolled him in her class and taught him different techniques, including how to make wheel-thrown stoneware pottery. Robert has made some stoneware pottery in the past. He is best known, of course, for his traditional coil-formed pueblo pottery.