Native American Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) Pueblo Tina Trujillo flat bowl in micaceous clay with tan slip and avanyu water spirit encircling the shoulder. Acquired at Wheelwright Museum’s Case Trading Post, Santa Fe, in 2000

Tina Garcia’s birthplace was Oregon where she was born to Lydia Tafoya of Santa Clara Pueblo in 1957. Tina’s father was Santiago Garcia, of San Juan Pueblo. When Tina was five the family returned to Santa Clara Pueblo. Tina’s grandmother was Severa Gutierrez Tafoya, her aunt was Angela Baca, and influenced by them and her mother, she was producing her own pottery when she was eleven.

After researching the collections at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, Tina embarked on career as a Pueblo potter. She won numerous awards until her passing in 2005.

This pot is an unusual one for Tina as much of her pottery was large black ware. This pot was signed Tina G. Trujillo
2"H by 4" #PE71

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