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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 556604, member: 301&quot;]<font size="6"><b>Christina Naranjo (1892-1980)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.adobegallery.com/uploads/Christina-Naranjo-Santa-Clara-Puelbo-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Christina Naranjo</b>, <a href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/29013" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/29013" rel="nofollow"><i>Santa Clara Pueblo</i></a>, was the daughter of <a href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/28418" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/28418" rel="nofollow"><i>Sara Fina</i></a> and Geronimo Tafoya, and the sister to <i><a href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/26606" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/26606" rel="nofollow">Margaret</a></i> (and <a href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/28464" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adobegallery.com/gallery/28464" rel="nofollow"><i>Camilio</i></a>) Tafoya, all of whom were outstanding potters who were not timid about making very large vessels. Many potters shy away from larger pieces. Not only are they difficult to form, the stone polishing of the slip must not be interrupted until the entire vessel is completed—a task that may include several members of a family taking turns. Additionally, large vessels are more apt to contain air bubbles in the clay, resulting in an explosion during firing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo of Christina Naranjo ca. 1973 courtesy of Rick Dillingham. (<a href="https://www.adobegallery.com/books/Fourteen_Families_in_Pueblo_Pottery2587" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adobegallery.com/books/Fourteen_Families_in_Pueblo_Pottery2587" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Fourteen Families In Pueblo Pottery</b></i></a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://kinggalleries.com/brand/naranjo-christina/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kinggalleries.com/brand/naranjo-christina/" rel="nofollow">https://kinggalleries.com/brand/naranjo-christina/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>all this took 59 seconds............<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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