Mudhead by Paul & Dorothy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo

Mudhead, 1997by Paul & Dorothy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Puebloclay1 3/4" high x 2 1/4" long x 1 1/2" deepThe Gutierrez's are a husband and wife team that specialize in Native American Indian figurative pottery.  Paul "White Corn" Gutierrez and Dorothy "Corn Maiden" Gutierrez are both full blooded Native American Indians;  Paul was born in 1940 into the Santa Clara-Tewa Pueblo and Dorothy was born in 1940 into the Navajo Nation.  Paul is from a family of well-known potters, the grandson of Lela and Van Gutierrez and the son of Luther Gutierrez, (of Margaret & Luther), all of the Santa Clara Pueblo.  Paul and Dorothy have been married since 1965, and have two sons, Paul Gutierrez Jr. and Gary Gutierrez. Encouraged by their relatives, Paul and Dorothy began to learn the art of working with clay at an early age.  Paul has been working with clay since the age of 12 and Dorothy since grammar school.  They were both taught the fundamentals of working with clay using traditional methods