Mida Tafoya pot

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Mida Tafoya pot

Entry/Object ID

2020.35.3

Description

Mida Tafoya pot. Signed Mida Tafoya. Mida is from the Santa Clara Pueblo. Black pot with designs carved into the side. The dimensions are 7 inches wide and 4.5 inches tall. Water serpent design.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Artist

Mida Tafoya

Place

City

Santa Clara Pueblo

State/Province

New Mexico

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pottery

Search Terms

Indians of North America

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 22, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Herbert Taniguchi

Person or Organization

Mida Tafoya

Related Entries

Notes

2020.35.1, 2020.35.10, 2020.35.11, 2020.35.2, 2020.35.4, 2020.35.5, 2020.35.6, 2020.35.7 A-B, 2020.35.8, 2020.35.9

Web Links and URLs

http://pueblopottery.net/Mida-Tafoya-Santa-Clara-Pottery.html

Provenance

Notes

Collected by: Dr. Herbert Taniguchi Collection came from donor's cousin, Dr. Herbert Taniguchi, who was a medical Doctor with the U.S. Department of health. Dr. Taniguchi was assigned to visit different Native American Reservations to provide medical treatment. While at these different Reservations he acquired many different Native American artifacts.

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

2020.35.3 Artist Mida Tafoya Santa Clara Pueblo, NM Collected by Dr. Herbert Taniguchi