Woman with Child

NameFigure

Maker Helen Cordero (1915 - 1994)

CultureKeres

Date1958 - 1963

Place madeCochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCeramic, slip

Dimensions5 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (13 × 8 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.55

Object numberA.1979.53.55

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionHand-built; pinched and coil-built; slip-coated in off-white; burnished; painted with red-brown slip and black "guaco"; ground fired; seated woman holding child; hair in chongo; painted traditional dress; long moccasins; large open oval mouth.