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Cochiti Pueblo Historic Pottery Duck Figurine - 25905
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Oct 14th 2016, 2:06pm
The potters at Cochiti Pueblo reacted to these invasions in a most intriguing manner. From about 1870 to 1920, they made pottery figurines, some in mockery of the new invaders and others of animals. birds and other objects. These latter ones were most popular with Santa Fe merchants who were in need of small items of Native manufacture to sell to the many visiting tourists to Santa Fe.
This duck is typical of many small items made for the trade market. We have classified it as a duck but maybe it is a bird of another nature. It appears to have been made in the late 1800s or early 1900s.