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Fabian de Vallenti Norberto
Diné
Fabian de Vallenti Norberto (1960-1994) was a Diné potter who appears to have mastered the Santa Clara process of turning pots black and decorating them with sgraffito designs. I thought his work was really good.
Like most Diné potters, there's almost no information available about him. But it seems he produced most of his pottery while living in Albuquerque. He died at a young age, victim of a drive-by shooting along a street in Albuquerque, just as he was doing his best work.
Small black and white seed pot with a sgraffito masked dancer and geometric design
2.75 in H by 3 in Dia
A small red jar decorated with a sgraggito masked dancer and geometric design
2.5 in Dia by 1.75 in H
A red bowl with a sgraffito buffalo, dancer and geometric design
4.25 in Dia by 3.25 in H