Wilfred Garcia

Acoma Pueblo

Photo of Wilfred Garcia
Wilfred Garcia

Wilfred Garcia was born in Acoma Pueblo in 1954. His mother-in-law, the late Stella Shutiva, taught him the fundamentals of working with clay in the traditional way.

Wilfred learned well. He made his way into the market in the niche of pure white figures, wedding vases (most with bands of corrugation around the neck) and large seed jars with sculpted rims and kiva ladders in the openings. Some of his large seed jars were topped with a sculpted appliqué of an ear of corn. He earned Best in Show ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market plus 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place ribbons at other times. Sadly, Wilfred passed away in 2018.


White sculptural piece
Sculptural piece for the Corn Maiden
5.25 in H by 7.5 in Dia
White sculptural piece
White sculptural piece for the Corn Maiden
5.25 in H by 7.75 in Dia
White wedding vase
White wedding vase
11.5 in H by 7.75 in Dia
Band of corrugation around the neck of a tall neck white jar
Tall neck white jar with a kiva step cut opening and a band of corrugation around the neck
9 in H by 7.75 in Dia
A band of corrugated detail around the upper shoulder of a tall-necked white jar
White jar with a tall neck and a band of corrugation around the upper shoulder
9 in H by 7.5 in Dia
Ear of corn design on a white seed
Ear-of-corn white seed pot
5.75 in H by 7.5 in Dia
A band of corrugtion runs around the spouts of this white wedding vase
White wedding vase with a band of corrugation around the base of the spouts
11.25 in H by 7.5 in Dia
A kiva ladder descends into the cut opening of a pueblo-sculpted white jar
A white jar with a cut opening, sculpted pueblo design and wooden kiva ladder
15.75 in H by 8.25 in Dia
Measurement includes kiva ladder
A band of corrugation around the neck of a white wedding vase
A white wedding vase with a band of corrugation around the neck
13 in H by 9.75 in Dia
A pueblo-sculpted neck on a white seed pot with a kiva ladder rising out of the opening
A sculpted pueblo scene on the neck of a white seed pot with a kiva ladder sticking out of its opening
14 in H by 7.75 in Dia
Measurement includes kiva ladder
A white seed pot with an ear-of-corn appliqué
A white seed pot with a large ear-of-corn appliqué
5.75 in H by 7.75 in Dia
A white wedding vase with a ring of corrugated design around the neck A ring of corrugated geometric design encircles the neck of this white wedding vase
12.75 in H by 9.75 in Dia
Formed pueblo wall, organic opening and a kiva ladder mark this sculptural white tall neck jar
A sculptural white tall neck jar with an organic opening, a formed pueblo wall and a kiva ladder
13.25 in H by 7.5 in Dia
Measurement includes kiva ladder
A white wedding vase with bands of corrugation around the neck
A white wedding vase with a sculpted band of corrugation
11 in H by 7.75 in Dia
A white jar with a formed and carved pueblo scene on the neck and a kiva ladder
A white jar with a kiva ladder standing in the kiva step cut opening and a pueblo scene formed and carved on the neck
14 in H by 8 in Dia
Measurement includes ladder
A white wedding vase with a ring of corrugated design around the neck
A ring of corrugated geometric design encircles the neck of this white wedding vase
7.75 in L by 7.75 oin W by 11 in H