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Acoma Pueblo Hawikuh Style Olla, circa 1920s by Dolores Estevan Ascencion - C3123
"Dolores Estevan Ascencion was married to Juan Estevan Ascencion; they had one daughter, Lita. A woman named Juana Dolores Estevan, who may have been the same person, was enumerated in the 1910 Federal census and identified as a pottery maker; she was the mother of Juana Maria Yousiewa, wife of Juan Estevan Yousiewa.
"The authors know of four examples of pottery identified as the work of Dolores Ascencion. One, a black-on-red jar was purchased by Kenneth M. Chapman at Acoma in 1928; his record indicates it was made by Dolores Ascension. This jar is in the SAR collection (IAF.1031). The same jar however, was identified as the work of Santana Sanchez by Marie Z. Chino in 1963. It is a copy of a Hawikuh glaze-on-red dating from about 1670 in the SAR collection (IAF.996), which Dr. Harry P. Mera purchased from Dolores Ascencion, also in 1928). Chapman may have commissioned the copy. A closely similar jar by Ascencion is in the MIAC collection (7757/12); it also has matte white pigment in the decoration.