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Pablita Chavarria Incised Santa Clara Black on Black
Black on Black Pottery Bowl
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Pablita Tafoya Chavarria (1914-1979

Pablita Tafoya Chavarria was born in 1914 at Santa Clara Pueblo. She started making carved blackware, black-on-black jars, bowls, vases, wedding vases, plates, and miniatures in 1930. Her favorite designs were Avanyu, hummingbirds, flowers, and clouds. She passed away in 1979.

Pablita married Jose M. Chavarria and they had eleven children: Clara Shije, Reycita Naranjo, Thomas Chavarria, Elizabeth Naranjo, Florence Browning, Mary Singer, Mary Agnes Carlisle, Loretto Chavarria, Joe M. Chavarria, Mildred Chavarria, and José N. Chavarria. Clara, Reycita, Elizabeth, Florence, and Mary all were active potters through the end of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.

Photo courtesy of Gregory Schaaf. 
Reference: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf.
 
Condition:
Good, No Damage Noted

Size:
3.25" X 6.5"