Beginning in the 1920s, a Santa Clara Pueblo potter named Serafina Tafoya (1863–1949) took the technique of hand-impressing one step further by gouging and then smoothing bear paw and water serpent designs. This led to the development of deeper and more clean-edged carving, with the carved designs at first limited to a wide band around the midsection of the pot.
Serafina Tafoya stands at the crown of a family tree representing one of the most influential families in Santa Clara pott (showing 500 of 970 characters). |
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