Very Large Cochiti Female Storyteller with 14 Kids [SOLD]

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Juanita Inez Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo Potter
  • Category: Figurines
  • Origin: Cochiti Pueblo, KO-TYIT
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 11-1/4” height x 9” depth x 7-3/4” width
  • Item # C3688.19
  • SOLD

Artist signature: Juanita Inez Ortiz (1960- ) MapuwanaIn 2003, Inez made this very large storyteller figurine, almost a foot tall, and strategically placed over a dozen kids on her.  The adult is dressed in a traditional pueblo dress with a woven belt around her waist.  Her eyes are open and full of astonishment.  Some of the kids are reading, one wears a sun hat, some have their eyes covered, some have dolls or dogs in their grip and others are unencumbered with objects. 

This Very Large Cochiti Female Storyteller with 14 Kids is one of the finest of her storytellers I recall seeing. It is signed and dated.

Condition: very good condition

Juanita Inez Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo Potter
  • Category: Figurines
  • Origin: Cochiti Pueblo, KO-TYIT
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 11-1/4” height x 9” depth x 7-3/4” width
  • Item # C3688.19
  • SOLD

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