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Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery
Author: Rick Dillingham
Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2945679

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 289
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.3

ISBN: 0826314988
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.092279
EAN: 9780826314987
ASIN: 0826314988

Publication Date: August 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: *Ex-library (has library stickers & stamps), Dust jacket is a bit cloudy, normal shelf wear, no writing or highlighting. Same day shipping if processed before 5 pm eastern time on business day. If not, will ship next business day.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
In 1974 Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery was published to accompany an exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: twenty years later there are some 80,000 copies in print. Like Seven Families, this updated and greatly enlarged version by Rick Dillingham, who curated the original exhibition, includes portraits of the potters, color photographs of their work, and a statement by each potter about the work of his or her family. In addition to the original seventhe Chino and Lewis families (Acoma Pueblo), the Nampeyos (Hopi), the Guteirrez and Tafoya families (Santa Clara), and the Gonzales and Martinez families (San Ildefonso)the author had added the Chapellas and the Navasies (Hopi-Tewa), the Chavarrias (Santa Clara), the Herrera family (Choti), th Medina family (Zia). and the Tenorio-Pacheco and the Melchor families (Santo Domingo).

Because the craft of pottery is handed down from generation to generation among the Pueblo Indians, this extended look at multiple generations provides a fascinating and personal glimpse into how the craft has developed. Also evident are the differences of opinion among the artists about the future of Pueblo pottery and the importance of following tradition.

A new generation of potters has come of age since the publication of Seven Families. The addition of their talents, along with an ever-growing interest in Native American pottery, make this book a welcome addition to the literature on the Southwest.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another art gem   August 14, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For anyone interested in Native American pottery, this volume is a must-have.

We are lucky enough to have met Florence Chavarria Browning of the Santa Clara pueblo, and to have purchased one of her spectacular black pots.

These particular pots are not glazed, but fired specially to create the pure, colt black of black onyx, darker than coal, and softly glowing. Very few artists have skill enough to burn these amazing pots, and this book, introduces readers to the best of them.



5 out of 5 stars 14 families of pueblo pottery   November 11, 2006
 2 out of 8 found this review helpful

almost every piece of pottery I have is represented in the book!


5 out of 5 stars Outstanding Update to an Old Classic   April 27, 1999
 36 out of 38 found this review helpful

This is a wonderful detailed book of the the finest potters to be found in the southwest. This new expanded edition provides great family trees of the finest of Pueblo potters. If you're planning a visit to the Southwest and hope to meet some of these potters, it is the perfect companion book to The Native American Indian Artist Directory that will actually provide phone numbers and mailing addresses for many of the potters found in this outstanding edition.

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