Margaret Tafoya | |
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Corn Blossom | |
Born | Maria Margarita Tafoya August 13, 1904 |
Died | February 25, 2001 | (aged 96)
Nationality | Native Pueblo Indian, (Kha-Po Owingeh) |
Known for | Traditional Pottery |
Maria Margarita "Margaret" Tafoya (Tewa name: Corn Blossom; August 13, 1904 – February 25, 2001)[1] was the matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters.[2] She was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[3]