jar with feather design

Adam Martinez, artist

Cultural affiliations: San Ildefonso

1901 or 1903–2000

Santana Roybal Martinez, artist

Cultural affiliations: San Ildefonso

1909–2002

jar with feather design, before 1970

Where object was made: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States

Material/technique: burnishing; ceramic; paint

Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 8.3 x 9.7 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/4 x 3 13/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Francis Heller

Accession number: 2003.0117

On display: Kress Gallery

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Husband and wife pair Adam Martinez and Santana Roybal Martinez learned to make blackware pottery from Maria and Julian Martinez. As Maria Martinez’s eldest son, Adam grew up around the craft. After he and Santana married, Julian taught Santana how to paint blackware pottery. After Julian’s death in 1943, Santana painted with Maria until Maria began collaborating with her younger son, Popovi Da. Adam and Santana became well-respected potters in their own right.