Garnet Pavatea

She began making pottery in the 1940s.^[3] She worked with red clay, as well as black and red slip.^[1] Her bowls often had triangular indentations around the rims.^[1]

She often demonstrated her creative process for visitors at the Museum of Northern Arizona.^[3][6][7] Her work is held at several museums worldwide, including the National Museum of the American Indian,^[2] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,^[8] the C.N. Gorman Museum,^[9] and the Museum of the Red River.^[10]

She was married to Womak Pavatea, and had a daughter, Wilma Rose Pavatea, who also created pottery.^[11]