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Santa Clara Blackware Plate

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Santa Clara Blackware Plate
This vintage Santa Clara Incised Blackware Plate is a very nice collectible that was offered at auction by the Phoenix Heard Museum. Made by Belen Tapia, circa 1950-1960's, this was hand built & stone polished to produce the high shine against the matte clay in a sun or flower design. One of a kind, it measures 8-3/4" wide. In very good condition, the base is signed. This Santa Clara Incised Blackware Plate is outstanding! Belen Tapia (1914-1999) was a niece of Serafina Tafoya and first cousin of Margaret Tafoya & her grandmother was Nestoria Naranjo. She started to work clay in 1935 & was an innovator of polychrome redware. She is referenced in Barry's "American Indian Pottery", Schaaf's "Pueblo Indian Pottery, 750 Artist Biographies" & Trimble's "Talking with the Clay, The Art of Pueblo Pottery in the 21st Century" & many others.