Acoma Pueblo Pottery

Acoma Pueblo

Pueblo Pottery Maine presents both traditional and contemporary pottery by Acoma artists including Barbara & Joseph Cerno, Dorothy Torivio, Fredericia Antonio, Rachel Aragon, Edna Chino, Jackie Histia-Shutiva, Carmen Lewis, Wilfred Garcia, Francis Vallo, Emil Chino, Kim Vallo, Leland Robert Vallo, Elena Lockwood, Brenda L. (Cerno) Garcia, Robert Patricio, Michael Patricio, Jr., Theresa R. Garcia-Salvador, Paula Estevan , Gwen Patricio, Sandra Victorino, Emma Lewis, Terrance Chino, Carmel Lewis Haskaya, Adrian Vallo and Dylene Victorino.

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Jackie Shutiva (Histia) is an Acoma potter of the Sun and Yellow Corn Child Clans. Jackie was taught traditional pottery creation by her mother Stella Shutiva at the age of 19. She specializes in hand coiled, traditional and contemporary, corrugated pottery reminiscent of the prehistoric pottery created in the Southwest by the Anasazi and Hohokum cultures. On occasion Jackie also hand crafts clay corn symbols in her clay to denote her clan origins. (Jason Esquibel portrait)The pot at right has a fluted lip and corrugated texture.The handcoiling is evident on the inside of the pot. Although born of an ancient culture it also speaks to modern design and decor. It measures 8 inches tall by 7 inches wide. Your price $460 ~ Item # A126 SALE PRICED $300

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Dorothy Torivio has been an active potter since 1974 working with traditional black on white and polychrome bowls, jars and seed pots. Dorothy passed away in April, 2011. She was taught by her mother, Mary Valley, and mother-in-law, Lolita Concho, and gives recognition to Lucy M. Lewis and Marie Concho as well. Dorothy's only student has been her niece, Sandra Victorino.

At left is a snowflake design seedpot that measures 2.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches wide. Your price $675 ~ Item #A364 Please click here to see an enlargement.

Dorothy has won numerous awards including Best of Show, Best of Division, 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Santa fe Indian Market, Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial, the Mexico State Fair and the Heard Museum Show. Her work is included in many of the best public and private collections including the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dorothy's work is also included in many periodicals and publications including American Indian Art Magazine (over 14 different issues) Stephen Trimble's "Talking with the Clay", Dr. Gregory Schaaf’s "Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies"; "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes & Blom; and Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery".

The seedpot at bottom qualifies as another Highest Quality masterpiece by Dorothy in a snowflake motif. Perfect shape, graphics, thin walls - all you'd expect from an Acoma Pueblo master of her great and vast reputation. This seedpot measures 5 inches tall by 7 inches wide. Your price $2,800 ~ Item #A377. Please click here to see enlargements.

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Carmel Lewis Haskaya is from Acoma Pueblo and of the Roadrunner Clan. She has been an active pottery since 1952 working in Anasazi, Mimbres and Tularosa Revival polychromes, black-on-white, and black-on-orange jars, bowls, seed pots and canteens. She was taught by her mother, the famous Acoma matriarch and potter, Lucy M. Lewis. This pot at left has excellent shape and Anasazi graphics.. It measures 4.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #423.

Carmel has won numerous awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, Heard Museum Art Show, and the Inter-tribal Ceremonial, Gallup, N.M. Her major exhibitions have been “One Space: Three Vision” at the Albuquerque Museum and “The Legacy of Generations” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. She is included in several major publications including “Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery” by Berger and Schiffer; “Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies” by Gregory Schaaf; and “Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery” by Rick Dillingham.

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Joseph and Barbara Cerno created this exquisite Acoma olla and we are proud to present their work. Combined, Barbara & Joseph Cerno need pages to list all of their awards, exhibitions, and inclusions in significant private and museum collections. Having a pot by either of these extremely talented artists is a milestone of achievement for any collector. Their ollas range up to $20,000 each and beyond. Visit their booth during Indian Market in Santa Fe and you'll understand. More moderately priced pots can be hard to find, even for dealers.

Barbara & Joseph Cerno "are a husband and wife pottery making team that has created some of the largest and finest traditional polychrome ollas in the Pueblo world. They use natural clay, mineral and vegetal paints and fire their pottery outdoors. They are well-recognized masters, honored as top award winners." Gregory Schaaf, Southern Pueblo Pottery.

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The darker colored slip on this pot is the most desirable color for the parrot motif pots. Joseph and Barbara's intent here is to duplicate an 1880s pattern that shows the signs associated with antiquity. The smaller scale is more difficult and exacting to create so the price remains in the price range of more moderate size pieces. The Cernos produce a limited amount of these pieces (usually around 5) every year in this comparatively small size of 7 inches tall by 7 inches wide. They are far more prolific in the production of the more common larger sizes. Your price $2,150 ~ Item #A413. Click here to see an enlargement.

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Emma Lewis Mitchell is the daughter of the famous Acoma matriarch, Lucy M. Lewis. She has been an active potter since 1952 working with Mimbres and Anasazi Revival black-on-white and polychrome ollas, jars, bowls, seed pots plates and owls. She began showing at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1960 and has won many 1st place awards during the four decades of her participation.This pot at left has excellent shape and graphics of a heartline deer herd. It measures 4.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches wide. Pardon the photography - the white is solid and bright with no hint of red. Your price $250 ~ Item #403.

Emma's work is included in every major institution and private collection including the Heard Museum, Harvard's Wright Collection at the Peabody Museum; Maxwell Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Arts and many more. Naturally Emma Lewis's work is featured in dozens of different publications including Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies";Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery"; "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom; and Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery".

The heartline deer pot at right measures 4 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $295 ~ Item #422.

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