Minnie Vigil Eagle Feather Pot (1931-2024) Santa Clara Pueblo

Dimensions:-

Height: 10"

Width: 9"

Opening: 4.5"

Tribe: Santa Clara 

Item #: 40033

Artist:

Minnie Vigil

Minnie Vigil (1931-2024), from a talented family of potters, active making pottery since 1955, was a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and a sister to noted potters Gloria Garcia (GoldenRod), Thelma Talachy, and Lois Gutierrez. She passed the art of her pottery down to her son, Tim “Sunbird” Vigil. 

Minnie has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market for years in recognition of her fine workmanship. She specializes in polychrome vessels. Some of her pottery is slipped in red clay and stone polished and some is slipped in matte tan clay and not polished. 

Her favorite designs were rain clouds, rainbows, sky bands, clouds and bear paws. Her work has been illustrated in nearly every book describing Santa Clara potters, and won numerous awards including at the Santa Fe indian market, Minnie is recognized as one of the most iconic potters of Santa Clara.