GREAT SANTA CLARA STORAGE JAR,

Pricing & History
ca 1900-30, Potted with globular form, constricted neck, and sharply flared rim. Decorated with four bear paws around shoulder and "raindrop" indentations under neck, height 16" x diameter 16". The bear paw is a classic motif used at the pueblo, and in Santa Clara folk lore, a story is told of a bear that helped the people find water during a drought. The motif is also used by the Tafoya family and may have been created by Margaret Tafoya.