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Native American Pottery

Native American Pottery. • Acomo Pueblo is located in Western New Mexico. • nickname is “Sky City” because it is located on top of a mesa. • oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States.

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Native American Pottery

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  1. Native American Pottery

  2. • Acomo Pueblo is located in Western New Mexico • nickname is “Sky City” because it is located on top of a mesa • oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States

  3. The artists from the Acoma Pueblo produce their works of art almost exactly how the pieces would have been produced several centuries ago. • dig the clay from the earth• coil and smooth the pots• fire them (either in an open fire or kiln) • decorate them with paints• used geometric patterns or symbols to decorate their pottery.

  4. These are examples of pottery created by Native Americans from the Acomo Pueblo community. Day and Night Dorthy Torivo simple geometric pattern painted in a spiral motion

  5. Friendship Vase Sharon and Bernard Lewis ant figures and geometric shapes depict friendship

  6. Olla (water jug) Melissa Antonio simple geometric patterns that are arranged in complex designs

  7. Seed Bowl Melissa Antonio simple geometric patterns and turtles, which symbol water and good luck

  8. Olla (water jug) Debbie Brown man looking to the right and triangles represent the phrase “think outside the pot” decorated with several water symbols

  9. Olla (water jug) Debbie Brown symbolic parrot, yucca flower and the rainbow

  10. Images of pueblos and Western New Mexico.

  11. Created by: Linda Welling

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