Native American Santa Clara Pueblo pottery figure of woman cradling a lamb in her lap, by Wayne Snowbird, in traditional Santa Clara black-on-black. We acquired this work of pottery art while visiting Wayne Snowbird at his Santa Clara studio. Admittedly, this is a bit of step beyond storytellers, but it has many similar cultural characteristics.

Here the woman is grooming a lamb, a source of sustenance and clothing for pueblo people for centuries. In its own way, it tells the same kind of story to its viewers that they would receive from being included in the pottery portrayal. And it is a striking work of pottery art by a superb artist.

As an aside, we first met Wayne Snowbird under the portal at the Governor’s Place in Santa Fe. The piece’s we saw there knocked us out. So, we arranged to meet with Wayne at his studio in the Santa Clara Pueblo, not far from Espanola, NM. During that visit we acquired four of his pieces. One has already been sold. Another one was damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and lays broken on a shelf in our storage area. The third and fourth are still available for purchase. This is one of them.
6 1/2" tall, 3" deep/wide #PL63

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