Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Dechert photographs of Pueblo Artists, image #, NMAI.AC.440; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Scope and Contents
This series contains 62 negatives and 2 contact sheets depicting San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Blue Corn (also known as Crucita Gonzales Calabaza; 1921-1999). The photographs were shot by Peter Dechert in 1975 at the Santa Fe Market. The photographs depict Blue Corn working on her pottery, as well as finished works.
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