1969-07 Navajo Cooking Pot

1969-07 Navajo Cooking Pot

Utility Pots

Smoothed with a corncob, filleted rim, pinion coating, with round bottom. According to the shop owner, the pot had been in the shop since at least the late 1940s when she purchased the shop. See Peabody Museum American Archeology & Ethnography (1941:8 for...
1969-06 Santa Clara Bear Figure (not in collection)

1969-05 Santa Clara Dish with Bear Paw

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Santa Clara pottery often carries the impression of a bear paw (LeFree, 1975: 51-52).  Particularly known for this motif is the pottery of  Margaret Tafoya (King, 2017:80-83).  One story is that potters use this motif to honor a bear that saved the pueblo during a...