Description

2019 Hands-On Curatorial Program student curator, Gailene Morgan (Tesuque Pueblo/Sac and Fox Nation of the Mississippi in Iowa), wrote about this piece for the 2019 exhibition entitled Recollective Echo.

I wanted to utilize them for my Seniors Honors Project, which is “Preserving the Tewa Language Through Traditional Art.” Pottery is a traditional art that is significant throughout the Pueblos. In Santa Clara, they are well known for their incised black pottery. I was drawn to the pattern on the turtle’s [NA1524] back because it resembled a flower to me. The Tewa language is linked to these pots because of the ways that art can tell a story, reflect a connection someone has, or the process it took to create it.

RTC No: NA1524
Gift of Hugh Zimmer, 2017