Potter of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, who with her husband Julian revived and perfected the black-on-black ware: burnished blackware whose matte designs emerge from a smothered firing. Working by coil and open firing, entirely without a wheel, she made pueblo pottery world famous and taught the techniques freely so her community shared the livelihood. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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NationalityAmerican (San Ildefonso Pueblo) 1 Defining ContributionBlack-on-black pueblo pottery, revived and perfected with Julian Martinez 1 Disputed
Birth YearHer birth predates reliable civil records; sources give dates around 1887. Connections
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Birth Year
Sources disagree on Maria Martinez's exact birth year. Her own Wikipedia biography states she "was born c. 1886 or 1887," citing different sources for each year, while its infobox and opening line both settle on "c. 1887." Her birth predates reliable civil recordkeeping at San Ildefonso Pueblo, so no document resolves the one-year gap.
A dissenting reading, from an independent laneMaria Martinez (Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation
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