Delores Lewis (1938-2019) was born in the Acoma and was one of the daughters of well-known potter Lucy M. Lewis. Dolores was self-taught and learned how to make pottery, from watching her mother do it. Dolores started producing pottery around 1953 and over the course of her career she made mostly black-on-white and traditional polychrome jars, wedding vases, bowls, canteens, mugs and miniatures. Her favorite designs included the deer-with-heart-line, birds, parrots, clouds, lightning bolts and rain.

The lovely Polychrome seed pot is painted with bee-weed (black) and a red clay slip. The wonderful bird designs follow around the pot. The red square depicts the bird’s body. The size is 4” tall by 4 ½” diameter. Hallmarked and dated. In excellent condition.

Dolores was a participant in the Santa Fe Indian Market for more than 30 years, winning multiple ribbons for her work. She was featured in the 1974 Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery exhibit at the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque. Three Visions exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum. Dolores was also featured in the 1997 The Legacy of Generations exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC.