Would some honest soul in cyber land please look at this piece my Navajo aunt gave me for my birthday and give an honest appra.

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Posted 7 years ago

Is it any relation to the famous Maria Martinez black on black pottery ? It’s anout 5-6 inches tall and looks like a perfume vase or water pourer?

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CanyonRoad, 7 years ago
No, this is not related in any way to Maria Martinez, or to traditional black on black pottery. Maria, from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, made traditional pottery, meaning the clay was dug locally, it was processed by hand, the pottery was coiled, burnished (not glazed), decorated by hand, and fired in a traditional outdoor bonfire.

This pot superficially looks like traditional San Ildefonso or Santa Clara pottery, but it is made from commercial black clay, glazed with a wax resist process, and fired in an electric kiln. Usually this type of pottery is thrown on a potter's wheel, never done on traditional pueblo pottery.

This is the signature of R. Diane Martinez, from the Tarahumara tribe in Mexico, but currently living in Bosque Farms, New Mexico.

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