Glossy blackware bowl with Avanyu (water serpent) in raised relief within deeply carved recessed band around bowl; tongue of water serpent in shape of zig-zag terminating in arrow. Areas of the recessed band around Avanyu in matte black.

Bowl

Margaret Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Native American

About 1925-1950

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