Leno, Juana – Bowl with Tularosa Swirls and Corrugated Rim (1980s)

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 bowl is thin-walled. It is painted around the body of the piece with a “tularosa swirl” pattern that is derived from Tularosa pottery of the 1150-1325 era.  The bowl has thin lines and striking swirls. The top has nine rows of corrugation creating their own swirling design when looking down from the top!  The bowl 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. [button text="Subscribe to New Additions for this artist" style="outline" size="small" animate="blurIn" radius="10" depth="2" expand="0" icon="icon-angle-right" link="https://kinggalleries.com/subscriptions/"]