$410
Artist: Marcella Yepa
Style: Jar
Pueblo: Jemez, NM
Period: Contempoary
Dimensions: 9.5″ H x 10″ W
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Marcella Yepa was born into the Sun Clan on Jemez Pueblo in 1964. She began working with clay at the age of 19, inspired by her aunt, Alvina Yepa. Alvina shared all the fundamentals of hand coiling traditional pottery with her. Alvina also taught Marcella which hills provided the best clay and taught her special techniques for constructing her pottery.
More About This PuebloThe art of Jemez Pottery making was revived in the 1800s after being lost during the Spanish conquest of the American Southwest. After being developed in the traditional style, the pottery has been enhanced over the generations to include several wonderful clay colors and traditional shapes. Jemez Pueblo Pottery has also been influenced by later generations by polishing and incising the pottery, fine line painting, inlaid stonework and storyteller figures.
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