Emma Lewis Mitchell (Native American, Acoma Pueblo, 1931 to 2013) A handmade pottery canteen with a leather strap, painted black over an ivory white ground with a human figure in the ancient Mimbres-Mogollon style and fineline motifs. The verso is signed "Emma Lewis/ Acoma." Emma Lewis is the daughter of Lucy Lewis, one of the most famous Acoma potters that most collectors seek. The Lewis family's pottery grace museums across the world- celebrated for their Mimbres and Ancestral Puebloan Revival designs! Size: 5.5" Diameter x 5" H (14 cm x 12.7 cm)

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Provenance: private British Columbia, Canada collection, gifted from aunt in Tucson, Arizona, USA, acquired prior to 1994

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#182468

Intact and excellent. Old inventory label on the verso. Clearly signed by artist.