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Alfred Aguilar (born 1933), also called Sa Wa Pin, is Tewa Pueblo-American potter, ceramicist, and painter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe. He is known for his coil-built pottery that is carved or painted, his buffalo figurines, and his clay nacimientos.

He has used the moniker Aguilar Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a signifier of his work.

He has been a teacher's aide and classroom instructor at the San Ildefonso pueblo and operates a store on the pueblo.

Aguilar is the son of artists José Angela Aguilar and Rosalie Simbola, both potters. His brother José Vicente Aguilar was a painter as well.

Collections

Aguilar's work is held in the permanent collections of the Gorman Museum of Native American Art, the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution, the University of Dayton, among others.

References

1. "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
2. King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
3. "Alfred Aguilar". Adobe Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
4. "Alfred Aguilar - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe". Retrieved 2021-02-14.
5. Horn, Barbara (1985). Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses: Source Directory. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
6. Schaaf, Gregory (2000). Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. CIAC Press. ISBN 978-0-9666948-1-9.
7. "Alfred Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo Jar". Gorman Museum of Native American Art. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
8. "Buffalo Story Teller". National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
9. Aguilar, Alfred (January 1999). "The Wedding Shawl". World Nativity Traditions. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

Further reading

• Barbara A. Babcock, The Pueblo storyteller : development of a figurative ceramic tradition, University of Arizona Press, (1986) ISBN 9780816508709

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