Vessel

In the 1930s Kenneth Chapman, a supporter of Native American artists, invited potters to visit the Museum of New Mexico and the Laboratory of Anthropology to study Pueblo pottery collections. This initiative led to the exchange of designs and techniques amongst various Pueblos. Rose Gonzales was one of the potters who benefited from this exchange. Gonzales, originally from Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo), married into the Po-woh-ge-oweenge (San Ildefonso Pueblo) and learned to make pottery from her mother-in-law. Rose Gonzales is credited with making the first pottery with carved designs at Po-woh-ge-oweenge, a style most typical of potters at Kha'p'oo Owinge (Santa Clara Pueblo).