Southwest - North American Indians
Museum of Ethnology
 
 


 


 



   



Southwest

Sienna-red jug with Avanyu design (feathered water snake)
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da (Pueblo San Ildefonso), 1964
Hartmann Collection


Martina Martinez (1887-1980) made Pueblo pottery world famous. She is one of the legendary 'founders' whose creativity renewed pottery in the 20th century by raising it to a form of art and thus creating new traditions.

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