And here is a large San Juan (now called Ohkay Owingeh) olla, a storage container. It is huge, 20" in diameter. We found it broken into several large pieces, and in a paper shopping bag in mother-in-law’s garage.
After some research on pottery restoration, I painstakingly glued it back together with Duco Cement. It also dates to about 1880.
What an awesome idea for a thread and a very impressive start to it! These are beautiful, @Stracci, thank you for sharing. I love the dough bowls and the olla.
I’m excited to see everyone’s contributions and to soak it all up, I’m admittedly ignorant on pottery.
I forgot to add these three.
The two end pieces are micaceous pottery from Picuris Pueblo. They are bean pots. Micaceous clay contains mica, which gives this pottery a sparkly sheen.
The middle is unsigned, but is probably Acoma 1950s.
Fun thread, we love pottery! Here are our latest acquistions- we love stoytellers as well as other, mostly pueblo, pottery. I’ll post more pix when we get back from Scotland.
Glad to know you have a nice collection of pottery @Stracci! I collected pottery for years, but nothing recently. Your Zia dough bowl is wonderful! I have 2 Kewa doughbowls, but love Zia pottery. I’ll post some photos soon…thanks for this thread😄.
This is my lone piece of pottery. I was enthralled that the thunderbird design so closely resembled a design that Dorothy Smith Sides had recorded in her portfolio, Decorative Art of the Southwestern Indians in the early 30’s.
Because I love your historic Zia dough bowl, I’ll share my three older Zia pieces; I don’t have a dough bowl😔. The large historic storage bowl is my favorite because of the design and the deer motifs:
And, @Ravenscry, for your sole piece of pottery, your polychrome Youvella bowl is a fabulous one. Love the historic Thunderbird design!! Hopi pottery is my favorite.
I mentioned it earlier, but your dough bowls are just stunning. I thoroughly enjoy pottery, and think that many contemporary works are just mind blowingly beautiful. But for me, the pieces I feel most drawn to are ones that have heavy wear, un-restored damage from use, and emit a vibe of experience and generations of handling. Very similar to your dough bowls.
We have some Native pottery, not a lot, but some well-loved thoughtfully chosen pieces. We bought this Kewa bowl at a wonderful little (now closed of course) shop in Old Town ABQ called the Hanging Tree Gallery that was owned by a wonderful elderly couple. I took a picture of it as it is in our house, because I love it next to a large teak bowl that my mom bought in the '50s. The cherry dining room table and chairs came from our family’s furniture store; I believe from the early '60s. The Chimayo rug underneath was also my mom’s.
These next two I keep in other places, but I put them on together here. The wide Kewa bowl was our first pottery purchase; it’s signed Vicki Tenorio '84. The other one was my mom’s, and it’s my favorite piece. Mom bought it at the Buffalo Bill Museum in '71. She told me she was trying to decide between two - this one and a big black one (prob Santa Clara). She knew nothing about Native American pottery, but later we learned it is Zia. It has a penciled in price of $55 on the bottom. @Bmpdvm, you and I had a discussion separately about this pot, and you thought it was possibly made by Seferina Bell. Well, I just looked at it again closely underneath and penciled in (by the museum I’m sure) is “Bell.” How about that!! You were right! I had never noticed that till today.
The right black one is Santa Clara, Vicky Martinez, and we got it at Cameron. The other one is kind of cool. It’s Incan, and I love how it looks with the basket.
This last little guy I bought from an artist at his home in Taos pueblo. It’s made from micaceous clay like Stracci’s, and I love how it glitters. Says Tseme 2010 on the bottom.
I love everyone’s pottery!! @Stracci and @Bmpdvm you have amazing collections. Stracci, I recognized the look of your Kewa bowl; do you know who made it? And of course the Zia pieces with the startled birds (as I call them) make me smile. @tepowell, love the kitty in particular, but don’t laugh at me, because at first I thought it was a fox @Ravenscry, your Hopi bowl with the wonderful Thunderbird is beautiful. We don’t have any Hopi pottery yet, but maybe eventually.
Oh, I forgot this little ladle. We were up on the Hopi Mesas, and bought this from one of the artists. We actually used it to scoop sugar for a while until we saw the design wearing off. Unfortunately I can’t even see the artist’s name underneath anymore Wait… I guess we do have some Hopi pottery!
@Ziacat , I knew you would have some nice pottery!
I love them all. The Zia pot and blackware bowl are especially nice! And I love the Taos bowl.
My Kewa pot is by Ramona Tenorio. I bought it from her at a small arts show in Pojoaque NM.
Thanks! I almost asked you if that bowl was made by a member of the Tenorio family. I was also wondering about your black pottery on the left side bottom shelf of your cabinet. Do you know what pueblo? I’ve seen quite a bit like that and I really like it, but my brain can’t remember at the moment. But I really love all of it. Darn it. Now I’m going to have to get some more
On an a side note, I love your corner cabinet. I looked and looked for one, because we don’t have lots of space in our dining room, but I had no luck. I eventually had a jelly cupboard (love that name ) made to fit.
Wait… I guess we do have some Hopi pottery!
the children are holding a fish, a mouse, and a ball of yarn… for the cat!
