Cochiti Pueblo Male Storyteller with Two Children [SOLD]

Damacia Cordero was a legend from Cochiti Pueblo. Her storyteller figurines and animal creations were unlike any other potter's work. This storyteller figurine, possibly a male, has the elongated torso, short legs, big ears, protruding nose and flat face of her traditional style.

Touches of red paint were used for the mouths and nostrils of the three and for the belt tying the chonga hairstyle. A Cochiti pottery-type design element decorates the back and the waist of the adult.

Condition:  the figurine is in original condition.  I would estimate it to date to the decade of the 1970s.

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: The Pueblo Storyteller by Barbara A. Babcock