Acoma Pueblo Shallow Dish with Mimbres Fish Design [SOLD]

Rebecca Lucario is known for a variety of pottery shapes, particularly for ollas, plates, and seed jars.  She has produced intricate fine-line designs, Mimbres animal designs and geometric designs.  Early in her career, over 20 years ago when this shallow dish was made, she used larger designs such as this single Mimbres fish floating in the base of the dish, surrounded by geometric elements encircling the edge of the dish.

This is an excellent example of her early work and well illustrates her already advanced design abilities.  She had only begun making pottery around 1965 and completed this dish in 1983.  She has always been recognized as one of the finest potters at Acoma Pueblo today and has been rewarded with many awards at Santa Fe Indian Market, including a Best of Show for a shallow dish in 2000.

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading; Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf

Provenance: from the estate of a California collector formerly of Santa Fe