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Alfred Aguilar
Sa Wa Pin
Born 1933 (age 90–91)

Alfred Aguilar (born 1933), also called Sa Wa Pin, is a 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 sold his work under the Aguilar Indian Arts moniker in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 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.

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