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Jemez
Pueblo
Presenting
both traditional and contemporary pottery by Jemez artists including
Mary Small, Vangie Tafoya, Carol Loretto, Elston & Dena Yepa,
Pauline Romero, Bertina Tosa, Geraldine Sandia, Alvina Yepa, Helen
Tafoya Henderson, Bertha Gachupin, Marcella Yepa, Wilma Baca,
Brenda Tafoya, Joyce Lucero, Maxine T. Yepa, Ben & Geraldine
Toya, Laverne Loretto-Tosa, Betty Jean (B.J.) Fragua, Carol Gachupin,
Mary Louise E. Teeyan, Dennis Daubs, Marcella Yepa, and Juanita
Fragua.
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How
to make a Purchase
  Vangie
Tafoya,
is of Jemez Pueblo and San
Ildefonso Pueblo lineage. She has been an active potter
since 1983 working with polished redware, black-on-white sgraffito
jars, seed pots, melon bowls and wedding vases. She is the mother
of Brenda Tafoya, Tyrone Tafoya, and the very talented Helen
Tafoya Henderson.
At
left top is a beautiful polychrome pot with melon swirls in buff
and red with incised bear claws, feathers and kiva steps plus
a bear statue cover. This is a very, very fine piece that is extremely
well executed. Vangie's satisfaction with the piece is reflected
by the price. The popularity and value of her higher end work
is ascending quickly - most notably in the last  year.
This piece is an excellent example of her capabilities. It measures
10 inches tall by 8 inches wide. Your price
$990 ~ Item #J232 Click
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At
right is a near miniature version of the outstanding bear lid
pot above. It measures 4 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your
price $175 ~ Item #J281.
Vangie
has won many awards (including Best of Show and 1st) at the Santa
Fe Indian Market, New Mexico State Fair, Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial,
the Heard Museum
and the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos arts & Crafts Show.
Her work has been published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo
and Navajo Contemporary Pottery"; "Southwestern Pottery:Anasazi
to Zuni" by Hayes & Blom; and in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's
"Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000Artist Biographies". Click
here to see Vangie's beautifully incised wedding vases.
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How
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 Fannie
Loretto is of Jemez and Laguna heritage and has been an
active potter since 1977 working with polychrome figures, sculptures
and masks with feathers, horsehair and corn husks. She was taught
by her mother, Carrie Loretto.
The mask at left measures 7 inches wide and 6.5 inches wide.
Your price $235 ~ Item #J286.
Fannie is an accomplished artist who began winning awards in
1978 and has several first place awards  at
the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show; the
New Mexico State Fair; The Santa Fe Indian Market; and the Heard
Museum Show as well as many 2nd and 3rd place awards.
The mask at right measures 3.5 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide.
Your price $120 ~ Item #J285
Her work has been
published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo
 Contemporary
Pottery", Congdon-Martin's "Storytellers & Other
Figurative Pottery" and Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo
Pottery".
Fannie's reputation
is well known and her work highly collected.
The mask at bottom, left measures 2.75 inches tall by 2.75 inches
wide. Your price $120 ~ Item #J284.
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  Pauline
Romero has been an active potter since 1981 and works in
polished redware and tanware swirl melon jars, vases and wedding
vases.
She
gathers her own clay in the hill of Jemez Pueblo and stone polishes
each piece.She was taught pottery by her mother and grandmother
- Persingular R. Tosa and Lupe Romero.
At
left, top, is one of Pauline's most spectacular pieces to date.
Superbly done with excellent shape, carving, polish and overall
design. This pot is a major centerpiece that dominates with its
visual presence. It measures 10.75 inches tall by 10.5 inches
wide and to see it in person is to love it. You'll see this piece
for $2400 in the Santa Fe galleries. Your
Sale Price $1500 ~ Item #J224. Click
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At
right is a new vase design and shape by Pauline that has tremendous
appeal. She also uses the same design in her new wedding vases
which have amazing grace and a simplicity that seems perhaps Asian
in its origins. Beautifully done, this vase measures 10 inches
tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $325 ~
Item #J198
Pauline
(Anita) has won 1st and 2nd place awards at the Santa Fe Indian
Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Inter-tribal Indian
Ceremonial. Pauline's work is included in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern
Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies", "Southwestern
Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom; Berger
& Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery"
and other publications.
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How
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 Christine
Tosa
has been an active Jemez Pueblo potter since 1962 working in traditional
black on red ware, plain red ware, and black on white ware wedding
vases, jars, melon pots and bowls. She was taught to create traditional
pottery by her mother-in-law Persingular Tosa.
Christine's
work is included in "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist
Biographies" by Dr. Gregory Schaaf.
This beautiful black on redware pot measures 5.75 inches tall
by 6.5 inches wide. Your price $270 ~ Item
#J242. Click here
to see an enlargement
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How
to make a Purchase
 Emma
Yepa is of the Jemez Pueblo Coyote Clan began potting at
he age of 13 in 1965 working with stone polished redware, tanware,
some incised work and melon swirl pots.
The pot at left is a combination of redware and micaceous swirls
with a kiva step neck and opening - very eloquent. It measures
7.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your
price $360 ~ Item #J273. Please
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Emma was taught by her mother Ida Yepa. It is only in the past
two years however, that Emma has  begun
to do swirled melon pots. Another well known Jemez potter named
Alvina Yepa is Emma's aunt (her father's sister). She recently
won awards at the Red Rocks Arts & Crafts Show near Jemez
Pueblo.
At right is a beautiful buff and redware swirl pot which measures
6 inches tall by 5 inches wide - solid colors and well burnished.
Your price $320 ~ Item #J256 Emma
also creates beautiful micaceous swirl pots. Please
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Emma's work has become very collectible due to the high level
quality of her work. Her work has been published in Indian Market
Magazine and in "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000Artist Biographies"
by Dr. Gregory Schaaf.
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