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Buffalo Pipe Smoker ~ Blackware Clay Sculpture |
Gary is the son of Dorothy and Paul Gutierrez who produce the great little blackware storytellers on the next page. His work is a blend of the tradition and the contemporary and stands well as contemporary Native American art. He has won first and second place at Indian Market on several occasions as well as Best of Division in figurative pottery. He has been published in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery"; Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Pueblo Families"; Lillian Peaster's "Pueblo Pottery Families"; "Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" by Douglas Congdon-Martin;and "Southwest Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom. His work continues to gain in recognition, popularity and value. Gary was awarded First Place in the Figures Category at the 2003 and 2004 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market. This blackware sculpture measures 6.5 inches long by 4 inches wide with exact carving, sculpting and deepest blackware polish.
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Gary
Gutierrez of
Santa Clara Pueblo produced
this both flat deeply polished blackware figurative pottery
of a man with a bear being. Several Native American tribes believe
that mankind was a late arrival on Mother Earth coming well after
bear, dear, eagle and many other of our relations who were more
magical beings than flesh and blood. At first, many of the fierce
predatory animals fed upon the humans. Among the Zuni is the
belief that the Sun Father sent his two children to subdue the
predators with lightening from their magic shields. The animals
were then instructed to use the magic in their hearts to assist
mankind rather than harm him. The story varies among the tribes.