Vintage Santa Clara pottery by MINIIE VIGIL - 2" x 2 7/8"

Description

Beautiful Santa Clara Miniature Pottery Bowl By MINNIE VIGIL (1931 - )
This pot measures a
pproximately 2" x 2 7/8".
Please examine all pictures and the short video very closely as they constitute
the majority of the description.
Born in 1931 of mixed Santa Clara and Pojoaque heritage as Maria D. Vigil, Minnie Vigil is the sister of Gloria (Goldenrod) Garcia, Thelma Talachy and Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz.  Like her sisters, Minnie grew up learning the fundamentals of the traditional way of making pottery from their mother, Petra Montoya Gutierrez.  She began making pottery in 1955 and won her first award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1975 and continued to win many awards there through 1986 in recognition of her fine workmanship.  Her work has been exhibited from 1975 through 1998 at many museums including the Heard Collection.  She has also been featured in many publications.  Minnie specialized in polychrome wares, some slipped in red clay and stone polished, some slipped in matte tan clay and not polished.  Minnie typically signs her pieces as Minnie, Santa Clara.  Because of her high experience level and craftsmanship, she is recognized as one of the finest makers of Polychrome pottery wares at Santa Clara Pueblo.  Talent and craftmanship ran in Minnie's family, her son Tim "Sunbird" Vigil and daughter Annette Vigil also made pottery in the 1980's
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