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Tony Da
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Tony Da was the grandson of Maria Martinez, son of Popovi and Anita Da. He grew up learning to make pottery from his grandmother and learning to paint from his father. There are many folks who consider his work to be among the very best of all Pueblo pottery. He was certainly among the most innovative.
Anthony Edward Da was born into San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1940 and grew up surrounded by potters, painters and jewelers. After high school he joined the US Navy and returned to the pueblo four years later. He became fascinated with what his father and grandmother were doing so he apprenticed himself to them. Three years later his works appeared alongside their's at the "Three Generation" show, an exhibit honoring the Martinez-Da families at the US Department of the Interior in Washington DC in 1967.
His career was cut short in 1980 by a motorcycle accident that left him unable to work. He spent the rest of his life in Assistive Care and died on February 12, 2008.
Polished red plate with sgraffito stylized deer heart line design and inlaid turquoise
0.75 in H by 5.75 in Dia
Polished red jar with a sgraffito avanyu design
1.25 in H by 3 in Dia
Polished red jar with sgraffito avanyu design
4.25 in H by 5.75 in Dia
Polished red jar with sgraffito avanyu design
2.75 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Signed Maria 670 DA
Polished red jar with sgraffito avanyu and bear paw design plus two pieces of inlaid turquoise
2.25 in H by 3 in Dia
Polished red jar with sgraffito avanyu design
3.5 in H by 5.5 in Dia
Red jar decorated with inlaid turquoise and a sgraffito avanyu and bear paw design
2.25 in H by 3 in Dia
Polished red jar decorated with a sgraffito avanyu design
3.5 in H by 5.5 in Dia
Red jar with sgraffito avanyu design
2.75 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Polished red bear with heishe and arrowhead plus inlaid turquoise
1.5 in H by 2.25 in Dia
Red jar with a sgraffito avanyu design
2 1/2 in H by 4 1/2 in Dia
Red bowl with a sgraffito avanyu design
1.75 in H by 3.75 in Dia
Buff bear figure with a sgraffito geometric design an inlaid turquoise
3.75 in L by 2 in W by 2.5 in H
Polished red plate with a sgraffito deer-with-heart-line design plus inlaid turquoise
10.75 in Dia by 1.75 in H