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Emma Lewis
Acoma Pueblo
Emma Lewis was born into Acoma Pueblo on October 4, 1931, the daughter of Toribio Haskaya Lewis and famous Acoma pottery matriarch, Lucy M. Lewis.
Emma was an active potter for more than 40 years, starting around 1952. She worked a lot with Mimbres-Revival and Anasazi-Revival black-on-white and polychrome ollas, jars, bowls, seedpots, plates and owl figures. She first participated in the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1960 and earned many ribbons and accolades over the four decades she went there.
Emma's work is included in nearly every major institution and private collection including the Heard Museum, Harvard's Wright Collection at the Peabody Museum, Maxwell Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Arts and many more.
Emma passed on in 2013.
Polychrome jar with deer heart line design
4 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Polychrome jar with deer and heart line design
3.75 in H by 5.25 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with deer, heart line and thundercloud designs
4.75 in H by 7.5 in Dia
Black-on-white plate decorated with Mimbres fisherman, fish and geometric designs
1 in H by 10 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with Mimbres animal and geometric designs
5.25 in H by 6 in Dia
Polychrome jar with geometric design
4.75 in H by 5.25 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with deer and heart line design
4 in H by 5.75 in Dia
Polychrome bowl decorated with animal and heart line design
4 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Black-on-white seed pot decorated with a frog and geometric design
4.5 in H by 4.25 in Dia
Black-on-white seed pot decorated with a Mimbres frog and geometric design
2 in H by 3.5 in Dia
1.75 in H by 2.25 in Dia
1.25 in H by 2 in Dia
1.75 in H by 1.75 in Dia
7.25 in H by 4.75 in Dia
Black-on-white bowl with a fish and geometric design
3 in H by 3 in Dia
Black-on-white seed pot with a Mimbres frog and geometric design2.75 in H by 3.5 in Dia