Leno, Juana – Large Canteen with Sunflower and Rain Designs (1960s)
$ 1,200.00
Juana Leno is one of the four revivalist matriarchs of contemporary Acoma pottery (including Marie Z. Chino, Lucy Lewis, and Jessie Garcia). She was a daughter of Lupita and Jose Vallo and learned to make pottery from her grandmother Eulilia Vallo. This exceptional canteen is thin-walled. It is painted with a classic Acoma sunflower design. The front has a fineline field design with rain clouds above and below. On the sides are large sunflowers. It is a complex and striking canteen. Juana was known for the use of thin lines on her pottery. The back is painted red and the canteen was traditionally fired, which gives it the coloration on the surface. It is signed on the bottom, “Leno”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. It is a creative piece of pottery by this important Acoma Pueblo potter!
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Juana Leno is one of the four revivalist matriarchs of contemporary Acoma pottery (including Marie Z. Chino, Lucy Lewis, and Jessie Garcia). She was a daughter of Lupita and Jose Vallo and learned to make pottery from her grandmother Eulilia Vallo. This exceptional canteen is thin-walled. It is painted with a classic Acoma sunflower design. the front has a fineline field design with rain clouds above and below. On the sides are large sunflowers. It is a complex and striking canteen. Juana was known for the use of thin lines on her pottery. The back is painted red and the canteen was traditionally fired, which gives it the coloration on the surface. It is signed on the bottom, “Leno”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. It is a creative piece of pottery by this important Acoma Pueblo potter!
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Leno, Juana (1917-2000)
Juana Leno is one of the four matriarchs of contemporary Acoma pottery (including Marie Z. Chino, Lucy Lewis, and Jessie Garcia). She was the daughter of Lupita and Jose Vallo. She was the mother of Rose Leno Chavez, Mary J. Leno, and Regina Leno-Shutiva. She learned to make pottery from her grandmother Eulilia Vallo. She was known for her revival of black and white Tularosa and Anasazi designs. She was also known by her Acoma name, “Syo-ee-mee (Turquoise). Over the years she won numerous awards for her work and has work in museum collections nationwide.
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