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| | Traditional Acoma Pottery |
 | | Acoma "Sky City" in New Mexico, is one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in North America. |
 | | The clays, vegetable binders, and mineral pigments for the distinctive Acoma polychrome, including those derived from certain plants, are dug or gathered locally, and are ground and mixed by the potter to achieve the intended colors. |
 | | Designs on traditional Acoma pottery include polychrome rainbow bands, birds (parrots or macaws), deer (adapted from the Zuni deer motif, with the distinctive "heartline"), fl or dark brown and white abstract stylized adaptations of ancient Anasazi, Mogollon, and Mimbres ware (including geometric shapes, spirals, stepped forms, clouds, dragonflies and butterflies--which are water and rain images). |
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