Large Anna Archuleta Avanue Sanra Clara Pottery
Anna Archuleta was born in 1953 in Santa Clara Pueblo to mother well known matriarch Belen Tapia. Her statistics as a potter are impressive:
Lineage & Training: Taught pottery-making by her mother, well-known potter Belen Tapia. Her sister is fellow potter Anita Suazo, and she has occasionally collaborated with or worked alongside her husband, Fidel Archuleta.
Active Period: Began making pottery around 1975, and has produced and signed pieces under her own name prominently since 1988.
Style & Technique: Specializes in hand-coiled, stone-polished redware and blackware (via reduced firing), as well as carved bowls, jars, plates, and melon bowls.
Common Motifs: Features traditional designs such as the avanyu (Tewa water serpent), bear paws, feather patterns, lightning bolts, and geometric patterns. [1]
This is a very large piece decorated with an avanue (serpent), protector of native peoples. It is decorated by the serpent deeply carved into the clay with feathers incised along the neck
Item No.: A1922
Artist: Anna Archuleta
Size: 10 1/2 in H x 6 1/2 in D
Price: 700
