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Your Mata Ortiz Pottery

Oralia Lopez at Silver City Festival of Clay

John Bezy Many SaddleBrooke residents have purchased the beautiful handmade pottery from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is not commonly known, however, that these wonderful works of art are inspired by ancient Casas Grandes ceramics made by potters from the pre-Columbian city of Paquimé. One of the most important archaeological sites in northern Mexico and…