Cochiti Pueblo Pottery Wall Pocket with Deer Head
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- Category: Modern
- Origin: Cochiti Pueblo, KO-TYIT
- Medium: clay, pigments
- Size: 5-¼” height x 4-¼” width x 3” depth
- Item # 26092 SOLD
The inspiration for wall-hanging pottery vessels, such as this one, was probably holy water containers in the local pueblo Catholic church. The potters spun their own ideas and made such vessels with Native themes—such as an animal head—quite often the head of a deer. Whether such vessels were used in pueblo homes is not known but they certainly were made to be sold to outsiders.
Louis and Virginia Naranjo of Cochiti Pueblo made modern versions with a deer head on the front of the bowl. We found them to be very popular with collectors. This one, with the deer head on the back panel is not of the style made by Louis and Virginia, so we conclude it was made by another potter—who will remain unknown. From the patina of the slip, we estimate it to date to pre-1950s.
Condition: this Cochiti Pueblo Pottery Wall Pocket with Deer Head is in excellent condition
Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque
Recommended Reading: A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti & Santo Domingo Pueblos
- Category: Modern
- Origin: Cochiti Pueblo, KO-TYIT
- Medium: clay, pigments
- Size: 5-¼” height x 4-¼” width x 3” depth
- Item # 26092 SOLD
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