Stella Chavarria Avanyu Pottery Bowl Santa Clara Pueblo Native American
Signed underneath, measures approximately: 7" in diameter and 4" H. About Stella Chavarria (from bio listed on Andrea Fisher's website).
Stella Chavarria was born in 1939 at Santa Clara Pueblo. Her mother was Teresita Naranjo and her grandmother was Margaret Tafoyas sister, Christina. With a pedigree like that you know Stella makes exquisite Santa Clara-style pottery. Stella has also passed her learning on to her daughter, Denise Chavarria.
Her pottery is created in the traditional hand-coiled method and features sharply incised carving and exquisite polishing. She began making pottery in 1955. She concentrates on decorations depicting the avanyu (water serpent protector of Pueblo People), feathers and swirls. Deeper carving in redware is characteristic of Santa Clara style and especially the smothered black pottery. The carver cuts away the background, leaving the design standing in relief.The design and body are polished, and the background is matte-painted. Stella's work is in many of the major books published on pueblo pottery: Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Dillingham and Lillian Peaster's Pueblo Pottery Families, just to name a few.
She has been in dozens of exhibitions going back to the seventies and is featured in many major collections including the Heard Museum. Additionally, she has won numerous awards for her work at the Santa Fe Indian Market. She signs her work: "Stella Chavarria, Santa Clara". The item "Stella Chavarria Avanyu Pottery Bowl Santa Clara Pueblo Native American" is in sale since Friday, July 6, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery". The seller is "lightthinkart" and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Uruguay, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Switzerland, Canada, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion.- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Artisan: Stella Chavarria
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