The Dr. Samuel R. Poliakoff Collection of Western Art

at the Abbeville County Library System, Abbeville, SC

Mildred Antonio
Nettie Bica
Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Mary Cain
Barbara and Joseph Cerno
Lorraine Chinama
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Grace Chino
Marie Z Chino
Arthur and Hilda Coriz
Juanita Suazo Dubray
Cora Duran
Richard Ebelacker
Laura Gachupin
Rose Chino Garcia
Tina Garcia
Rose Chino Garcia
Virginia Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz
Eva Hisita
Stella Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Alton Komalestewa
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Emogene Lomakema
Anita Garcia Lowden
Rebecca Lucario
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Maria and Julian Martinez
Sofia Medina
Sylvia Naha
Helen Naha
Rainey Naha
Priscilla Namingha
Priscilla Namingha
Leah Nampeyo
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Teresita Naranjo
Elizabeth Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Bernice Swazo Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Joy Navasie
Paulita Pacheco
Virginia T Romero
Jean Sahme Nampeyo
Selina Sanchez
Helen Shupla
Stella Shutiva
Mary Small
Ada Suina
Andrea Tafoya
Mark Tahbo
Thelma Talachy
Robert Tenorio
Lavine Torivio
Vallo
Iris Youvella Nampeyo
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Pueblo pottery
Polychrome Prayer or Meal Bowl (#41)

Lois Gutierrez's work is widely collected for its very refined artwork and form utilizing beautiful graphics and rich, solid colors to create her fine pieces. A distinctive quality of her work is portraying various aspects of traditional Pueblo life including Pueblo dancers, everyday life scenes, human and animal interactions, and the occasional graphic statement pertaining to Native American political perspectives. The bowl, like most of Gutierrez’s work, carries a strong narrative quality. This shape bowl is often called a terrace bowl, the terraces representing the mountains. The deer and clouds are found in the mountains while the woman dancer shares with us that dance is a visual prayer for the rain and life of the mountains.


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