Cochiti Pueblo Pottery Turtle By Juanita Ortiz ca. 2001 5.875\" H x 8.5\" L x 7\" For Sale

Offered byAntique American Indian Art, LLC---AAIA---Cochiti Pueblo Pottery Turtle By Juanita Ortiz

ca. 2001

5.875\" H x 8.5\" L x 7\" W

Hand Coiled Clay Turtle with High Center Turtle Shell

with Five indented Bowls at the End of the Shell

and Painted in Black and Terracotta Colors

Signed Lisa Helt Dated 2001

From a Private Colorado Collection

In Very Good Condition

22-0145

Juanita Inez Ortiz (1960–2008), who also went by her Native name Mapuwana (Wild Rose), was a highly celebrated Native American potter from the Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico. Known for keeping Cochiti traditions alive through her beautifully crafted figures and animal forms, her turtle pottery pieces are highly collectible examples of traditional Cochiti figurative design.

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