Faye Tso
Faye Tso | |
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| File:Faye Tso, ca. 1990.jpg Faye Tso, c. 1990 | |
| Born | 1933 Coal Mine Mesa, Arizona |
| Died | 2004 (aged 70–71) |
| Known for | Ceramics, herbal medicine |
Faye Tso (1933–2004) was a Navajo potter and herbal medicine healer.[1] Her pieces are known for their nontraditional imagery of corn maidens, warriors, and dancers, whereas Navajo pottery typically has little decoration.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Coal Mine Mesa, Arizona in 1933, Tso was relocated with other Navajos to Tuba City, Arizona in 1974 because of a land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes.[3]
Artistic career
[edit | edit source]Tso returned to dig her clay at Coal Mine Mesa, where she also gathered pinon from which she extracted the pitch resin used to coat and seal her Dineh pottery.[1]
In 1990, the Arizona Indian Living Treasures Association designated Tso as a living treasure.[4][5] Her husband and son are medicine men and use Tso's pots in their ceremonies.[2][6]
Noted works
[edit | edit source]Tso's works have sold for over $1,000,[7] and several of her pieces are held in the Smithsonian American Art Museum:
- Head of Emmett, c. 1985, fired clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1997.124.175[8]
- Bean Pot with Incised Corn Maiden Figures, 1987, fired clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1997.124.176[9]
- Pot with Dancers with Headdresses and Rattles, c. 1985, fired clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1997.124.177[10]
- Pot with Figurative Decoration, c. 1992, fired clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1997.124.178[11]
Gallery
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Head of Emmett, circa 1985, by Faye Tso, fired clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
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Pot with Figurative Decoration
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Bean Pot with Incised Corn Maiden Figures
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Pot with Dancers with Headdresses and Rattles, ca. 1985 by Faye Tso, fired clay with piñon pitch
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- 1933 births
- 2004 deaths
- Navajo potters
- American potters
- Ceramists from Arizona
- Native American women potters
- Native American potters
- Navajo women artists
- Navajo artists
- People from Coconino County, Arizona
- 20th-century American ceramists
- 20th-century American women artists
- 20th-century Native American artists
- 21st-century Native American artists
- 20th-century Native American women
- 21st-century Native American women artists
- American women potters