Storyteller
Maker
Helen Cordero
(1915 - 1994)
Date1964
Place madeCochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions8 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 15/16 in. (21.3 × 7 × 10 cm)
ClassificationsOriginal Art
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.41
Object numberA.1979.53.41
DescriptionHand-built, pinched and coil-built, slip coated in off-white; burnished; painted with black "guaco," ground fired. Seated with two children in lap, two on shoulder, one on neck. Male, wears squash blossom necklace, shirt with dot design. Sides dark from firing. // First storyteller made. - A. Girard.On View
On viewCollections
c. 1960