San Juan Pueblo
San Juan Pot- Has a beautiful polish, is in excellent condition and measures 5 1/2 inches tall by 7 1/2 wide.
Tsigowanu Kwa Povi is from the Pueblos of San Juan and Santa Clara. Her small seed jars are sgraffito images and have cabochons of turquoise on them. Featured is a seed jar with a roadrunner that has a snake in it's beak. The redware jar is polished and fired and then has a carved design on the surface. This jar is 2 inches tall.
Myrtle Cata created this very fine micaceous pot. She is a full-blooded Native American; a member of the Turquoise Clan; and part of the San Felipe and San Juan Pueblos. She has been an active potter since 1979 and is principally self-taught.
This pot features Myrtle's beautiful polishing. An impressive piece in every way that measures 10" in height.
Myrtle specializes in contemporary hand coiled San Juan style pottery although a Santa Clara Pueblo influence can be seen in some pieces. Her pottery style is simple in appearance, graceful, and undecorated. She gathers her clay within the San Juan Pueblo, hand coils her pots and fires them outdoors in the traditional way.
Myrtle has been given many awards for her work at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonials. Myrtle's work is included in many fine publications including: Gregory Schaaf's books "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies" and "Pueblo Indian Pottery 750 Artist Biographies" as well as in Hayes & Blom's book " andSouthwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni".
