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Handmade Miniature Zuni Pottery
Potter: Tammy Bellson
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Zuni pottery is made from clay that is dug from beds on Zuni land, and crushed potsherds are used for the temper. Pots are hand-built and hand-painted with traditional designs that feature water symbols, hunting symbols, and intricate geometric patterns. These symbols include frogs, tadpoles, turtles, salamanders, lizards, and dragonflies, heartline deer, and heartline bear. The fine parallel lined "hatching" used in many geometric designs is representative of falling rain. Effigy figures are still made by potters in Zuni with owls and bears being the most popular. The "spirit break," a broken line on the rim of Zuni pottery, was a forgotten tradition that has been reintroduced. Pigments used for decoration of the pots come from natural materials such as yellow ochre, wild mustard or beeweed, and hematite.

Miniature Olla
Comparitive size of miniature zuni olla.

Miniature Zuni olla by Tammy Bellson.Second view of Zuni olla by Tammy Bellson.

Tammy Bellson signature.Top view of miniature Zuni olla.

Size: 3/4" tall, 1" diameter at widest part of olla.
Handmade by: Tammy Bellson, Zuni Pueblo.
Signed: "T.B. Zuni"

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Item Number: 99-TB-723
Price: $125.00
S/H: $9.40, includes insurance.

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Miniature Zuni pottery Miniature pottery items are popularly made by Zuni potters and enjoyed by admiring collectors. Frogs, tadpoles, water serpents, and salamanders are all favored design features, as are turtles and lizards, on miniature bowls, jars, ollas, and plates. Miniature Zuni pottery

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