Emily Pinto (born circa 1878), also called Emily Pablito, was an American

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

from the Zuni Pueblo tribe. Her artwork depicted Zuni culture including Kachina figures and representations of traditional Zuni jars. Some of her

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

s and paintings are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

External links

Emily Pinto artworks at the National Museum of the American Indian

References

20th-century American painters 20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas Native American painters Pueblo artists 20th-century American women artists 19th-century indigenous painters of the Americas Painters from New Mexico Zuni people Year of birth uncertain {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub