Red Incised Parrots Jar

Artist: Anita Suazo

About the Artist: Anita Suazo (b.1937) learned traditional Santa Clara pottery techniques from her mother, Belen Tafoya Tapia, one of the innovators of polychrome redwares. Suazo makes carved redware and black ware, polychrome redware, black melon pots and carved two-tone black on black pottery. She carves or decorates her pots with water serpents, rain clouds, kiva steps, feathers and other prehistoric stylized designs.

Cultural Affiliation: Santa Clara Pueblo

Details: Clay, 6" height 15" width