Pottery - 6.5 x 10 in.

Sky City artisans whose celebrated fine-line pottery aesthetic — crisp geometry on white — carries into elegant silver and beadwork.

At Acoma, art and place are inseparable. The mesa-top village, a National Historic Landmark, remains an active ceremonial and spiritual center, and the geometric designs that distinguish Acoma work carry meanings tied to water, weather, corn, and the natural world on which mesa life depends. To make in the Acoma idiom is to participate in a relationship with that landscape and its history. Artistic skill at Acoma is a family inheritance, taught from elder to child and bound up with identity and belonging. The continuity of motif from ancient potsherd to contemporary ornament is itself a cultural act — a way of keeping the ancestors present in the made object and of asserting that the people of Sky City endure. Humiovi presents Acoma work with respect for this depth of place and lineage, honoring the artisans of Sky City and the heritage their hands carry forward.

Cared for thoughtfully, a handcrafted piece is meant to last generations. A few essentials for this one:

• Last on, first off

  Put your piece on after fragrance, lotion, and hairspray — and take it off before water, sleep, and sport.

• Store with care

  Keep each piece in its own soft pouch, away from direct sun and damp, so softer stones never meet harder ones.