Margaret Tafoya
Santa Clara Pueblo, (1904-2001), a wide blackware pottery jar with gently sloping shoulders carved with an encircling Avanyu, signed: Margaret Tafoya (partially obscured).
height 10 3/8in, diameter 12in
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Provenance
Collection of Bryan Taylor, purchased by the present owner from the above September 2005

Good condition overall with scattered scuffs, minor scratches and a few minute fleabites commensurate with age. An approximately 1/2in x 1/4in rough spot/firing flaw just below the carved frieze, an approximately 1/2in x 1in abrasion on the body as well, and a couple of longer scratches. More abrasion around the bottom of the body. Heavy and abrasion on the underside partially affecting the artist's signature. Felt bumpers applied to the underside.