Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001). Santa Clara redware pottery jar with a flared rim and stepped shoulder, with an impressed bear paw motif. Signed along the underside. Margaret Tafoya is known as one of the matriarchs of Pueblo pottery, and taught Maria Martinez several techniques for burnishing and turning clay black while Martinez was developing her iconic San Ildefonso blackware style.

Height: 7 1/2 in x diameter: 7 1/2 in.