Item# 0015P Ron Suazo, Santa Clara

As one of the potters who raised sgraffito designs and sienna coloring to impressive heights, this piece is not only highly collectible but beautifully rendered as well. The piece exhibits a bear claw pattern on one side, sunburst pattern on the opposite side, and a feather pattern with a single turquoise stone on each side.

Item# 0040P Christina Naranjo, Santa Clara

As the daughter of Sarafina Tafoya, Christina, and her sister, Margaret's carved work changed the general perception of Santa Clara pottery. Both continued raising the standards and worked in all their mother's form.

Item# 0153P Teresita Naranjo, Santa Clara

Teresita is the daughter of Christine Naranjo and younger sister of Mary Cain, a celebrated family of potters. This piece is a redware pot with deep carvings of feathers extending down from the opening of the piece while the water serpent design appears around the mid to lower section of the body. The background that is visible is buff colored. This pot won First Prize (blue ribbon) at the 1992 Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial.

Item# 0131P Gwen Tafoya, Santa Clara

Gwen Tafoya is the daughter of Mary Agnes and Mosminio Tafoya, She is well known and highly respected for her sgraffito blackware with its deeply detailed engraving. This piece features a fancy, irregularly carved rim resembling flowers and stems. The body of the pot is covered with sgraffito flowers, leaves, and stems, by a process of reverse carving. A distinguishing feature is the large, red sgraffito butterfly which gas an open area carved out around it.

Item# 0205P Helen Shupla, Santa Clara

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Item# 0206P Helen Shupla, Santa Clara

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Item# 0207P Ron Suazo, Santa Clara

The creations of Ron Suazo are well known for being unique and beautiful. He credits his mother (Clara) for much of his early knowledge of pottery creation and his sister for his introduction to fine line incising. His intense study of ancient patterns in museums and repetitive visits to the Puye Cliff ruins has resulted in his combinations of feather designs, bear paws, and early designs with inlaid turquoise, coral, and malachite stones on a matte finish that may include both carving and incising on pots and lids. This piece is no exception with all the above elements integrated into a beautiful design with a decorated and carved lid.

Item# 0047MP Camilio Tafoya, Santa Clara

Beautifully incised piece from a member of the renown Tafoya family who helped invigorate the miniatures class of pottery. Incised carvings cover the entire surface in red, blue and natural colors. Carved figures of a deer, exotic birds, and foliage.

Item# 0095MP Joseph Lonewolf, Santa Clara

The son of Camilio Tafoya, Joseph has become famous for his intricate portraits of wildlife on his pottery and is a member of the family that helped the miniature style to flourish. this piece is black/gray with multi-colors of incised mimbres rabbit design with mother earth sketched as an open winged butterfly and medallion depicting the 1992 yearly symbol of "Life Without Feeling".

Item# 0209MP Nancy Youngblood Cutter, Santa Clara

Most collectors are well aware of this potters renowned family and beautiful creations. It is highly unusual to obtain her works and this miniature piece came from another collectors estate. It is a pattern of carved feathers one halfway down the piece, with the remaining half of the pot being a black polished surface. It is a prize piece for any collection.