2009

1948 Book Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso

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1948 Book Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso
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1948 Hardback Book Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso by Alice Lee Marriott with drawings by Margaret LeFranc, measures 9''H x 6''W, comes with original dust jacket, has former owner's signature and address on title page, Volume 27 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso is the story of Maria Martinez (1885-20 July 1980)and her husband, Julian, who revived the ancient Pueblo craft of pottery-making and stimulated interest in Southwestern Pueblo pottery among both white people and Indians. Maria Montoya Martinez, or Marie, as she sometimes signs her pottery, is a woman who has become in her own lifetime a legend. She lives in the pueblo of San Ildefonso, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and although her life has been, as closely as she could make it, the normal life of a woman of her culture, her unusual qualities have set her apart and gained her fame throughout the world.