This mesa in New Mexico is believed to hold one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the US.
Native American art – Southwest
The Mogollon tradition of the Greater Southwest was diverse, expansive, and vibrant.
Introduction to Mogollon
Pottery Makers is one of many that the artist Awa Tsireh (Cattail Bird, Spanish name Alfonso Roybal) created about Pueblo cultures
Awa Tsireh, Pottery Makers
Paquimé played a key role in trade and cultural contacts between the Pueblo culture of the southwestern United States and Mesoamerica.
Paquimé (Casas Grandes), Mogollon culture
This Ancestral Puebloan jar was made to store good during a time of drought
Socorro black-on-white storage jar
A Hopi blessing for a child's growth and prosperity, with a reminder to respect elders
White Ogre Tihu (Katsina Figure)
A unique water jar from Acoma that features a pumpkin
Acoma polychrome water jar
A water jar made by a famous matriarch in Pueblo pottery
Nampeyo, Polacca polychrome water jar
Pueblo architecture reveals a close connection to the surrounding landscape and to Pueblo culture.
Pueblo architecture and its relationship to place
A modernism emerges from tourism, boarding schools & indigenous traditions
The pueblo modernism of Ma Pe Wi
Nampeyo found inspiration from the old to create a pottery style that was entirely new and highly sought after.
Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), polychrome jar
Martinez’s distinctive style developed from studying Southwestern pottery and Modernist abstraction.
Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers
Faced with mass production, Maria Martinez continued hand-making pottery as art rather than utilitarian vessels.
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