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Michael Kanteena
Laguna Pueblo
Michael Kanteena earned a BA in Fine Arts at Eastern New Mexico University in 1981. Then he returned to Laguna and turned his attention to making traditional pottery. Shortly after that he decided he would prefer to make full replicas based on some of the potsherds he found while walking around at Laguna and on some of the full pieces he's seen displayed in museums. Many of his pieces are indistinguishable from similar pieces made several hundred years ago.
A polychrome prayer bowl with a bird element and geometric design, inside and out. Replica of a bowl first made in the village of Sikyátki, 200 miles and more than 400 years away
7 in L by 8.25 in W by 5.25 in H
A polychrome canteen in the shape of a frog with a geometric design enclosing another frog painted on its back
5.25 in L by 5.25 in W by 2.25 in H
A fish-shaped black-on-white dish with four legs, a down-sloping tail and a fish and a fine line and geometric design on the inside and a fine line and geometric design on the outside
9 in L by 4 in W by 3 in H
Dragonflies with a geometric design on the face of a polychrome canteen with handles, plus a katsina head with feathers for a stopper
8.25 in L by 6.5 in W by 4 in H
A drinking mug with a handle, a checkerboard design around the neck and a sculpted ram's head with a fine line and geometric design on its body
8 in L by 4 in W by 5 in H
A black-on-white owl figure decorated with a bird element, feather, fine line and geometric design
3.25 in Dia by 6.5 in H