{"product_id":"plate-maria-martinez-san-ildenfonso","title":"Maria Martinez Black Plate San Ildenfonso Pueblo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e San Ildenfonso Pueblo Black Plate by Maria Martinez \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLength: \u003c\/b\u003e6\" Diameter \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1.5\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\" Diameter \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTribe:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSan Ildenfonso \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem #:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e400004 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: Maria Martinez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eMaria Montoya Martinez was a Native American artist who created internationally known \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Maria Martinez Collection - Wind River Trading Co.\" href=\"https:\/\/windriversf.com\/search?q=Maria+Martinez\u0026amp;type=product\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"175\" width=\"174\" alt=\"Maria Martinez, potter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0363\/7038\/2988\/files\/Maria_Martinez_01_480x480.jpg?v=1601069184\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003epottery. Martinez (born Maria Poveka Montoya), her husband Julian, and other family members examined traditional Pueblo pottery styles and techniques to create pieces which reflect the Pueblo people’s legacy of fine artwork and crafts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"1220\"\u003eMartinez was from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, a community located 20 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. At an early age, she learned pottery skills from her aunt and recalls this “learning by seeing” starting at age eleven, as she watched her aunt, grandmother, and father’s cousin work on their pottery during the 1890s. During this time, Spanish tinware and Anglo enamelware had become readily available in the Southwest, making the creation of traditional cooking and serving pots less necessary. Traditional pottery making techniques were being lost, but Martinez and her family experimented with different techniques and helped preserve the cultural art. Creating black ware pottery is a long process that consists of many steps requiring patience and skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1532\"\u003eThe works of Maria Martinez, and especially her black ware pottery, survive in many museums, including the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, and more. The Penn Museum in Philadelphia holds eight vessels, three plates and five jars- signed either “Marie” or “Marie \u0026amp; Julian”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wind River Trading Company ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356089139340,"sku":"400004","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0363\/7038\/2988\/files\/IMG_8267.jpg?v=1775670937","url":"https:\/\/windriversf.com\/products\/plate-maria-martinez-san-ildenfonso","provider":"Wind River Trading Company ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}