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Alvina Yepa
Jemez Pueblo
Alvina Yepa
Alvina Yepa was born into the Sun Clan at Jemez Pueblo in August 1954. She began painting and polishing pottery for her mother, Felipita Nonche Yepa, when she was about eight years old.
She's been producing pottery for the market since the early 1980s and earned First Place and Best of Division ribbons for her sgraffito pottery at the 1987 Santa Fe Indian Market.
Carved red melon jar
5 in H by 5.25 in Dia
Red jar with sgraffito butterfly and geometric design
3.25 in H by 4 in Dia
Polished red and buff carved melon jar with an etched and flared neck
4.75 in H by 9.5 in Dia
Polished red and buff carved melon jar with a kiva step opening
7.75 in H by 9.25 in Dia
Organic opening on a red jar carved with a melon design
7 in H by 7.75 in Dia
Red jar decorated with a sgraffito kiva step, feather and geometric design
4.25 in H by 5 in Dia
8.5 in H by 13 in Dia
Photo of Alvina Yepa courtesy of AlvinaYepa.com