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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 947757, member: 5833"]For some reason, the excitement over kiko's Hopi pot made me feel like sharing some of the only NA pottery I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some years ago now, while visiting an aunt & uncle in AZ, as a treat they took me to the Grand Canyon. In addition to absorbing the wonder of the place, I hit nearly all the souvenir shops, looking for something that really grabbed me. I wanted a Zuni 'fetish' & a piece of pottery. It wasn't until we were very close to leaving that I spotted a Zuni badger in black & white stone next to the cash register in one place. It was even closer in time when I finally checked out the one shop that said they were the oldest, independent & family owned, not part of the concession that ran the others & was arrested by a little piece, in a glass cabinet, that, as the proprietor of a turtle, just made me chuckle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara, story teller turtle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]203490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203491[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203494[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if he was the owner, but the man who helped me told me about how Margaret & her brother Luther worked together, with Margaret doing the painting, how devastated she was when he died, & how she had only recently begun to work on her own. My turtle & her clambering clowns cost me a pretty penny; doing a quick search, seems it may not have been as unwise as I think it struck my aunt & uncle.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I found another on eBay for less, I snagged it too. I can only remember which is which by counting teeth:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]203496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203499[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller of turtle #2 also had a small one, so now I have a herd:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]203505[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few other small pieces, including an octopus & an all black goat, but these are my favorites, offered here for your amusement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 947757, member: 5833"]For some reason, the excitement over kiko's Hopi pot made me feel like sharing some of the only NA pottery I have. Some years ago now, while visiting an aunt & uncle in AZ, as a treat they took me to the Grand Canyon. In addition to absorbing the wonder of the place, I hit nearly all the souvenir shops, looking for something that really grabbed me. I wanted a Zuni 'fetish' & a piece of pottery. It wasn't until we were very close to leaving that I spotted a Zuni badger in black & white stone next to the cash register in one place. It was even closer in time when I finally checked out the one shop that said they were the oldest, independent & family owned, not part of the concession that ran the others & was arrested by a little piece, in a glass cabinet, that, as the proprietor of a turtle, just made me chuckle. Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara, story teller turtle: [ATTACH=full]203490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203491[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203494[/ATTACH] I don't know if he was the owner, but the man who helped me told me about how Margaret & her brother Luther worked together, with Margaret doing the painting, how devastated she was when he died, & how she had only recently begun to work on her own. My turtle & her clambering clowns cost me a pretty penny; doing a quick search, seems it may not have been as unwise as I think it struck my aunt & uncle. When I found another on eBay for less, I snagged it too. I can only remember which is which by counting teeth: [ATTACH=full]203496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203499[/ATTACH] Seller of turtle #2 also had a small one, so now I have a herd: [ATTACH=full]203505[/ATTACH] I have a few other small pieces, including an octopus & an all black goat, but these are my favorites, offered here for your amusement.[/QUOTE]
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