Sara Fina Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1863–1949)
Pueblo of Santa Clara
Storage Jar
INV-1909
Sara Fina Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1863–1949)
Pueblo of Santa Clarac. 1900
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Date
c. 1900
Medium
Earthenware (blackware) and slip
Dimensions
68.6 × 61 cm (27 × 24 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Edward Johnson, Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Grant J. Pick Purchase, Henry Horner Straus Memorial, and African and Amerindian Curator's Discretionary funds
A Tewa ceramist from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Sara Fina Tafoya became well known in the early 20th century for making large, burnished, blackware ceramics, often with bear paw motifs like this example. Her legacy as the matriarch of a renowned family of potters continues today: a work by her grandson Joseph Lonewolf (1932–2014) is also in the the Arts of the Americas collection.
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