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 bowl is painted with rain clouds using red clay and swirling designs.  The clouds extend down from the shoulder of the bowl. The rim is corrugated with two rows of triangular designs pushed into the clay.  The triangular corrugation represents mountains, with the clouds below.  There is a striking subtlety to the corrugated section of this bowl.  The bowl was traditionally fired, which gives it a slight coloration on the surface. The piece is from the early 1960s.  It is signed on the bottom, “J. 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!