Nestora Piarote, Tigua Potter
Nestora Piarote, Alfarera Tigua

Nestora Piarote, Tigua Potter

Nestora Piarote was a well know Tigua potter. She is standing in front of the Alderete-Candelaria House circa 1885. Image Description: Black and white scanned photograph of Nestora Piarote, a Tigua potter. She stands in the foreground behind an adobe building. She is balancing a piece of pottery on her head. A veil draped over head protects her from the weight of the piece. She has a button up shirt and a draped dress fastened by a belt. She is barefoot.

Area: Mission Valley / Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Collection: Aultman Collection

Source: El Paso Public Library

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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IN 1993 Nellie Lopez, a Tigua woman, honored as an "Unsung Heroine" for spearheading movement to get women the vote in the Ysleta Del Sur Puebla Tribe. El Paso Times, March 7, 1993, p. 4 G.

Direct descendant of Nestoria Piarote Sally Piarote White

This photo is basis for statue near Tigua Cultural Center. "Statue Honors Tigua Women, El Paso Times, July 17, 2017, p. 7A.

Rafael Gomez Jr. tribal councilman of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, article "Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, thank you for visiting," El Paso Times, March 27,2022, p.9A.

March is Women's History Month annually in USA. Statue mentioned above is near Tigua Cultural Center in Mission Valley of El Paso, TX. Statue honors this important female ancestor and all women of tribe.

House is at 118. S. Old Pueblo Road in El Paso,TX. Home has a historic marker. Nestora has been honored with a statue.

pretty cool

she was my great- grandmother

GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO THE HISA AND SILVAS FAMILY FROM YSLETA DEL SUR PUEBLO

thanks

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