Camilio Tafoya

Santa Clara Pueblo

Camilio Tafoya is the father of Grace Medicine Flower and he sometimes collaborated on ceramic pieces with her. For the most part, though, he made seed pots and decorated them with fine paint and sgraffito work.

Joseph Lonewolf was Camilio's son, Grace's brother. Joseph started developing the sgraffito technique and Camilio and Grace both worked with him in taking it further.

Camilio was the son of Serafina Tafoya, brother of Margaret Tafoya and Christina Naranjo. His wife was Agapita Silva, another well-known Santa Clara potter.

Learning Path
Sgraffito avanyu design plus three brown panels and a grey rim on a black jar
Black jar with sgraffito avanyu design, three brown panels and a grey rim
4.75 in H by 4.75 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted feather and dancer design on a polychrome seed pot
Polychrome seed pot decorated with a sgraffito and painted dancer and feather design
1.5 in H by 1.5 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted hunter and game animal design on a miniature polychrome seed pot
Miniature polychrome seed pot decorated with a sgraffito and painted hunter and wildlife design
1.25 in H by 1.25 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted wildlife design on a red seed pot
Miniature red seed pot decorated with a sgraffito and painted wildlife design
1.75 in H by 1.75 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted dancer and geometric design on a polychrome plate
Polychrome plate with sgraffito dancer and geometric design
0.5 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Red seed pot with a sgraffito deer and geometric design
Sgraffito deer and geometric design on a red seed pot
1.25 in H by 2.5 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted pheasant, fox, nature and geometric design on a miniature polychrome seed pot A miniature polychrome seed pot with a sgraffito and painted pheasant, fox, nature and geometric scene
2.25 in H by 2.25 in Dia
Miniature red seed pot with a sgraffito nature, wildlife and feather design
Sgraffito squirrels in a tree and geometric design on a red seed pot
2 in H by 2.25 in Dia
Sgraffito and painted dancer and geometric design on a polychrome plate
Polychrome plate with sgraffito dancer and geometric design
0.5 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Miniature red seed pot with a sgraffito bird, vegetation and geometric design
Sgraffito bird, vegetation and geometric design on a miniature red seed pot
2 in L by 2 in W by 1.5 in H
A sgraffito and painted lizard, kiva step and geometric design on a red seed pot A red seed pot with a sgraffito and painted lizard, kiva step and geometric design
2.5 in Dia by 1.5 in H
Miniature polychrome seed pot with a sgraffito and painted butterfly and geometric design
A sgraffito and painted butterrfly and geometric design on a polychrome seed pot
1 in Dia by 1 in H
Sgraffito and painted dancer, bird element and geometric design on a miniature polychrome seed pot
A miniature polychrome seed pot with a sgraffito dancer, bird element and geometric design
1.25 in Dia by 1.25 in H
Miniature red seed pot with a sgraffito bird, grass and geometric design
Sgraffito bird, grass and geometric design on a miniature red seed pot
1.25 in Dia by 1 in H

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