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Isabel Pena: Isabel was a part of the pottery boom in the early 1900s. Not a lot is known about her. Though Isabel’s grandmother was Cipriana Pena who is also the

Terasita Martinez: ...

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Phelipita Torres: Phelipita helped her Grand Mother Isabel Pena with pottery making at a young age. Her primary function was pottery decoration.

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Juanita Gonzales San Ildefonso Pueblo Artist

Life Span: (1909 to 1988)

Husband: Louis Wo-Peen Gonzales

Daughter: Adelphia Martinez

Juanita was originally from Taos Pueblo. She met Louis “Wo-Peen” Gonzales of San Ildefonso Pueblo and married him in 1933. She moved to San Ildefonso at that time. She learned pottery making from Rose Gonzales, thus it is expected that a large part of her production would be carved blackware.

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