Acoma Pueblo Mug with Animal Handle [SOLD]

Drinking vessels of the style of this contemporary one have a long history in prehistoric pottery production.  Acoma potters, in the mid-20^th century, revived the mug-shape vessel in honor of the ancestral people.

This mug, by Acoma potter Sarah Garcia, is typical in size and shape to some of the prehistoric ones.  Garcia decorated the upper vessel walls with simple black stacked triangles separated by three parallel vertical lines.  The handle is in the shape of a dog.  The underside is signed Sarah Garcia Acoma, N.M.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance:  from a family collection in Colorado who purchased it from Adobe Gallery in 1996.

Recommended Reading: Acoma & Laguna Pottery by Rick Dillingham