1950's Legoria Tafoya Black Clay Platter

1950's Santa Clara Pueblo Black Clay Platter by Legoria Tafoya 

Dimensions:-

Height: 12 3/4” 

Width: 4" 

Tribe: Santa Clara Pueblo 

Item #: 400060

Artist:

Legoria Tafoya 

Legoria Tafoya, born (1911-1984) of the Santa Clara Pueblo, and the oldest sister of Pablita Velarde won numerous prizes for her pottery. After attending St. Catherine’s Indian School in Santa Fe, she married Pasqual Tafoya. She Learned to make pottery in the 1930’s and began selling her pottery to help her family supplement income.

 Before traditional Santa Clara carved blackware, Legoria initially was making animal figures such as lions, bears, birds and turtles. 

She passed on her craftsmanship to her daughter, Celes Tafoya, and Legoria's work is in museum collections around the world, and in the hands of collectors, admirers, lucky finders, and anthropologists. 

This black clay platter is from the 1950's.