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Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Seed Bowl
Maria Martinez (1887-1980)
San Ildefonso Seed Bowl, c. mid 1900’s
Black polished seed bowl
4 x 4 ½ inches
Signed on bottom: Maria Poveka
Martinez, Maria
Maria Montoya Poveka Martinez – Artist Bio
(1887-1980) New Mexico, San Ildefonso Pueblo Motif Black Pottery Of Tewa heritage of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, Maria Martinez became world renowned for her black on black pottery. Her pottery was first exhibited beyond her pueblo at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, and many decades [...]