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- 5219-04 Jemez - Pottery; Koshare Sitting with a Pot by B Fragua
5219-04 Jemez - Pottery; Koshare Sitting with a Pot by B Fragua
Late 20th / Early 21st Century
Size: 5" H x 4" D
Bonnie Fragua was born into Jemez Pueblo in March 1966. She has been making pottery since she started learning from her mother, Grace Loretto, when she was about eight years old. Bonnie specializes in creating monks and storytellers of different sorts. She digs her clay on the lands of Jemez Reservation, uses natural slips and fires her pottery outdoors.
The art of Jemez Pottery making was revived in the 1800s after being lost during the Spanish conquest of the American Southwest. After being developed in the traditional style, the pottery has been enhanced over the generations to include several wonderful clay colors and traditional shapes. Jemez Pueblo Pottery has also been influenced by later generations by polishing and incising the pottery, fine line painting, inlaid stonework and storyteller figures.