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<p>[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 9835385, member: 16407"]From <u>Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni</u> by Hayes and Blom (2nd Ed):</p><p><br /></p><p>"Most... [tourist] pieces are unsigned or signed "Acoma N.M." on the bottom... [and] were made between 1920 and 1965, a time when Acoma potters felt it was an inappropriate display of ego to put one's name on a pot. Potters' signatures first appeared on Acoma pottery in the 1950's and weren't universal at the Pueblo until the 1970's." (page 54).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for "Sky City," I do not know. Sky City is just one location, so that's even more specific than "Acoma N.M."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 9835385, member: 16407"]From [U]Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni[/U] by Hayes and Blom (2nd Ed): "Most... [tourist] pieces are unsigned or signed "Acoma N.M." on the bottom... [and] were made between 1920 and 1965, a time when Acoma potters felt it was an inappropriate display of ego to put one's name on a pot. Potters' signatures first appeared on Acoma pottery in the 1950's and weren't universal at the Pueblo until the 1970's." (page 54). As for "Sky City," I do not know. Sky City is just one location, so that's even more specific than "Acoma N.M."[/QUOTE]
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