Grace Chino Acoma Pueblo Pottery Bowl with Ancient Mimbres Pictorial Designs [SOLD]

Acoma Pueblo artist Grace Chino filled the interior of this pottery bowl with designs from the Mimbres culture of Southern New Mexico.  There are animal, avian, and human figures.  Acoma potters have found that Mimbres designs on white pottery is akin to that made by the Mimbres potters.  

Grace Chino (1929-1994) was an exceptional potter. Her vessels were formed with consistent wall thickness and her designs were tailored to fit the shape of the vessel. She was a daughter of Marie Z. Chino.  She was a consistent ribbon winner at Santa Fe Indian Market from 1980 through 1993. She was one of the artists featured in Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery exhibit at the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque in 1979 and in One Space, Three Visions exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Grace Chino Acoma Pueblo Pottery Bowl with Ancient Mimbres Pictorial Designs is from a gentleman from South Dakota

Recommended Reading: Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham

Relative Links: Acoma Pueblo, Carrie Chino Charlie, Rose Chino Garcia, Marie Z. Chino, Sourthwest Indian Pottery, Grace Chino, Acoma Pueblo Pottery