April 23, 2024
San Ildefonso black-ware pottery Maria Martinez 1923-1925
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It is 9 ½ inches high 3 inches at the base around 6 inches at the widest spot. Circa 1923-1925 Maria Montoya Martinez (1887, San Ildefonso Pueblo , New Mexico – July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery . Martinez (born Maria Antonia Montoya), her husband Julian , and other family members examined traditional Pueblo pottery styles and techniques to create pieces which reflect the Pueblo people’s legacy of fine artwork and crafts.Martinez was from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, a community located 20 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico . At an early age, she learned pottery skills from her aunt. [1 ] During this time, Spanish tinware and Anglo enamelware had become readily available in the Southwest, making the creation of traditional cooking and serving pots less necessary. [2 ] Traditional pottery making techniques were being lost, but Martinez and her family experimented with different techniques and helped preserve the cultural art.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There has been no restoration to the vase that I can tell. This vase has been in my husbands family for many years. I don't know if his grandfather bought it in the 1920s when he purchased some indian rugs for my father in law when he was 12 years old during that time. My husbands father was a collector
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