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Stella Shutiva
1939 - 1997 San Fidel, New Mexico
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1931 Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico - 2013
born 1973 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; lives Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
BiographyAcoma potter Stella Shutiva (1939-1997) is the sister of Anita Lowden and daughter of noted potter Jessie Garcia, who is credited with reviving the corrugated ware. Shutiva learned the technique after watching her mother and experimenting. Shutiva’s husband, Ernest Shutiva, is also a potter and the sometimes collaborated. She taught pottery making to her daughters, Jackie Shutiva Histia and Sandra Shutiva Garcia, as well as Sandra’s husband, Wilfred Garcia. Stella Shutiva is known for thin-walled pottery and corrugated pottery vessels.