Santa Clara
Pueblo Pottery
by David Yellowmountain Baca
4th generation Indian Potter
David's pottery is traditionally hand made, from the gathering of the clay right on
their Pueblo, washed, sifted, shaped, polished and re polished with smooth stones,
then fired in his mother's back yard where they have doing it for generations. David
also does a style that is his own. He has been written up in many magazines,
hard-bound books and other articles. He consistently wins awards at dominate Indian
shows such as the Santa Fe Indian Market. The different styles can also be
ordered in any color and sizes. His pottery can be found at several art galleries in
Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM This is a direct link to David and he welcomes your
inqueries and orders.
traditional, hand made, award-winning, highly collected
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David's grandfather on the Santa Clara Indian Pueblo
David as a child with his grandfather
during a Feast Day dance
A much younger David dancing at his Pueblo
in full ceremonial dress. They start the
children in the dances as soon as they can
learn them
Red melon bowl, wide vertical
w-5" x h 2 1/2 " $500.
#9
Red melon seed pot, wide vertical
small seed hole w 5" x h 4"
#8 $650.
Red melon bowl, narrow vertical,
wide mouth w 5" x h 3 1/2
#17 $ 650.
Red melon bowl, wide vertical, all
polished, med opening w 5"x h3 1/2
#11 $650.
Red melon bowl, wide vertical, all
polished, wider mouth & less distinct
lines than #11 $600.
Red melon bowl, wide vertical, wide
mouth. w5"x h4" $500.
#12
Red tear drop seed pot, soft flowing pattern
rather than ridges, David's own design.
#15 $1000. W 5"x h 6 1/4"
Black tear drop seed pot, narrow
vertical ridges, w 5" x h 3 1/2 "
#7 $500.
Black seed pot, narrow ridges,
w 5" x h 3" $500.
#10
Black "Bear Paw" design bowl, smooth
finish w 5" x h 4 1/4 $600.
#14
Black tear drop seed pot, narrow vertical ridges.
w 5" x h 6 1/2" $700.
#16
David's pottery can be
purchased through the
Artgecko Fine Arts web site
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David's mother, Angela, as a baby on her mother's
back, c. 1920s
All photos provided by David Yellowmountain Baca
and are copyrighted by the family. No reproduction of
any kind without written permission of the family
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David's grandmother baking bread in
the traditional horno oven
David Yellowmountain
Baca at the Santa Fe
Indian Market, 2006
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