page_title: Michael Kanteena
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Kanteena
caption_attribution_description: Classic Mimbres birds design, from our personal collection. Bought from the artist at Santa Fe Indian Market years ago. &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kanteena" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kanteena&lt;/a&gt; -- and I see we now have a photo for his article!
context_page_description: Michael Kanteena is an award-winning potter from Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. He is best known for his pottery inspired by Chaco, Mesa Verde and other Ancestral Pueblo pottery. Kanteena also makes pottery inspired by historic kachina dolls and kachina masks. His work has been displayed in the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque, the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, and at many commercial galleries. Kanteena also shows his work at the annual Santa Fe Indian Market.
  Kanteena earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Eastern New Mexico University in 1981. He lives and works in Laguna, New Mexico. He has taught pottery-making at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in southwest Colorado.
context_section_description: Michael Kanteena (born September 1, 1959) is an award-winning potter from Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. He is best known for his pottery inspired by Chaco, Mesa Verde and other Ancestral Pueblo pottery. Kanteena also makes pottery inspired by historic kachina dolls and kachina masks. His work has been displayed in the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque, the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, and at many commercial galleries. Kanteena also shows his work at the annual Santa Fe Indian Market. 
  Kanteena earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Eastern New Mexico University in 1981. He lives and works in Laguna, New Mexico. He has taught pottery-making at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center  in southwest Colorado.
caption: Laguna canteen with Mimbres design by Michael Kanteena
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