Desideria Montoya Sanchez (1889-1982)
Desideria Sanchez was the sister of Maria Martinez and daughter of Reyes Pena. In 1909, she demonstrated pottery making with Ramona Gonzales, Ana Montoya, her sister Maria, and Tonita Roybal at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. They sold their finished pieces to the public. In a brief description about her sister, Marie noted: And she’s younger than me and her hands get that… rheumatism. And she doesn’t make pottery, [but] she used to (Spivey 1979:28).
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions, Inc., March 2007