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Marie Zieu Chino (1907–1982) was a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Marie and her friends Lucy M. Lewis and Jessie Garcia are recognized as the three most important Acoma potters during the 1950s. Along with Juana Leno, they have been called "The Four Matriarchs" who "revived the ancient style of Acoma pottery." [1]
Acoma Pueblo. Acoma Pueblo (/ ˈækəmə / AK-ə-mə, Western Keres: Áakʼu) is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys. These communities are located near the expansive ...
Acoma Pueblo pottery was long appreciated for its bright white slipped, thin-walled vessels and abstract fine line and checker-board geometric ornamentation. During the Modern era, Acoma as well as the neighboring Pueblo of Laguna refined the line quality even more, as well as introducing bird motifs. [ 51 ]
Rachel Concho. Rachel Concho (born 1936) is a Native American artist and potter of the Acoma Pueblo. She is best known for her painted seed jars: small circular pots, nearly closed except for a small hole at the top, used for storing seeds from one harvest for planting in the next. She draws inspiration from ancient designs of the Acoma Pueblo ...
Aug. 16—The stylized bow was made from a juniper tree Acoma Pueblo artist Dan Vallo stumbled upon when he was hunting last September, one an elk had been rubbing up against, the wood already red ...
Lucy M. Lewis. Small decorative plate with a classic Chaco--style design, by Lucy M. Lewis. On display at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Lucy Martin Lewis (1890/8–March 12, 1992) was a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. [1] She is known for her black-on-white decorative ceramics made using traditional techniques.