Alivina Yepa Jemez Melon pot
Alvina Yepa is a Native American master potter from the Jemez Pueblo, born August 4, 1954, into the Sun Clan.
She is best known for hand-built, stone-polished redware jars, melon bowls, and large incised ollas featuring intricate sgraffito (surface-etched) designs such as avanyu (water serpents), turtles, hummingbirds, corn plants, and geometric patterns.
Background: She learned pottery-making from her mother, Felipita Nonche Yepa, starting to paint and polish pots at age eight.
Awards: She entered her first Santa Fe Indian Market in 1986 and won both First Place and Best of Division ribbons in 1987, going on to win continuous major awards at venues like the Heard Museum Show and the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup.
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The present piece is a melon pot with detailed sgraffito etchings on the top, depicting stylized turtles inside two concentric lines with a step band in between.
Item No.: A1910
Artist: Alvina Yepa
Size: 5 1/2 H x 8 1/2in D
Price: 2200
