BAHTI INDIAN ARTS
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POTTERY & STORYTELLERS
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These two Hopi vessels were made by James Nampeyo Garcia. He was born in 1958 to Louis Garcia (Laguna Pueblo) and Leah Polacca Garcia, a granddaughter of Nampeyo. He has been making pottery since 1980 and, unlike many other Nampeyo descendants, "I stick with Nampeyo traditional designs. I more or less like to carry on with what my grandmother taught me."

The smaller bowl measures 2 x 4.75" and is $300. The larger jar is an impressive 7" high and 11" across. $2400.

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Ruby Pandana learned to make pottery from her mother when she was about ten years old, but did not begin pottery making in ernest until after she was married and living at Jemez Pueblo.

The two smaller bowls (3.5" x 4.75") are $65 each. The one at far right with the birds skipping over the clouds (5 x 5.5")is $145. The one at far left, a classic Zia bowl (5.75 x 7.5") is $275. The largest one in back (7.5 x 10") is $525

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The carved Tewa blackware bowl with the Avanyu or water serpent motif was made by Millie Chavarria (b 1944) from Santa Clara Pueblo. It measures 6 by 2.5 inches and is priced at $165.

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<This carved redware with a feather motif around the neck is by a young potter, Shaleene Chavarria. She is from a family of well known potters.

5 x 4.5", $125

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Amanda Tafoya learned pottery making from her mother Sharon Naranjo Tafoya. She is from the Tewa pueblo of Santa Clara, along the Rio Grande river. Her Tewa name translates as Evening Star.This pot of hers measures 4.5 x 5.5 and is $125

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Vickie Martinez was taught to pot by her grandmother Flora Naranjo and mother Barbara Martinez, but it was her mother-in-law, Stella Chavarria and her mother, Teresita Naranjo who helped her truly develop and refine her work, encouraging her to take it more seriously. This pot is4x5" and $165

This carved Tewa blackware was created by Vickie Martinez of Santa Clara Pueblo. Tewa blackware is a type of firing that can be achieved only by firing out of doors. This pot is 4.5x4.5" and is $165

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A very lovely vase by Madeline Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo. It shows a Pueblo mother combing her daughter's hair and making pottery. 4 inches across and 3 inches high. $450.

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A classic melon bowl from Santa Clara Pueblo, measuring 6 by 3 inches, made by Anita Suazo, who was born in 1937. $675.