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Lucy Lewis was a potter whose name most collectors recognize because she was at the forefront of potters following World War II when pueblo pottery began to be collected in earnest.  One of her best-known designs was this complicated fine line style where the lines crossed in every direction.  One must remember that these were painted using a brush fashioned from the leaf of a yucca plant.  That certainly added to the complexity and is the reason not too many Acoma potters ever achieved the level to paint such a design.

Read more about this Acoma pottery here..