Vintage Santa Clara Pot By MINNIE VIGIL - 5 1/8" x 4 3/8"

Description

Beautiful Santa Clara
Pottery
vase by MINNIE VIGIL
(1931 -)
This is a beautiful vase. The color is rich in tone. Approximately
5 1/8" x 4 3/8".
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the majority of the description.
Minnie Vigil
Minnie Vigil is a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and a sister to noted potters Gloria Garcia (GoldenRod), Thelma Talachy and Lois Gutierrez. Her son Tim "Sunbird" Vigil and daughter Annette Vigil also made pottery in the 1980s.  Minnie is known for her polychrome pottery and the use of numerous clay slips to create the colors. She began making pottery in 1955 and won her first award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1975.She has won numerous awards at events such as at Santa Fe Indian Market for years in recognition of her fine workmanship, but today no longer makes pottery.
Minnie Vigil is from a talented family of potters. Because of her high experience level and craftsmanship, she is recognized as one of the finest potters at Santa Clara Pueblo who is producing Polychrome pottery wares. She was born in 1931 and has produced exceptional pottery for a long time.
Her sisters, Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz, Thelma Talache, and Gloria (Goldenrod) Garcia, are potters of distinction. Minnie has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market for years in recognition of her fine workmanship. She specializes in Polychrome wares. Some of her pottery is slipped in red clay and stone polished and some is slipped in matte tan clay and not polished.
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