DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Man with Child

NameFigure

Artist or maker Helen Cordero (1915 - 1994)

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

CulturePueblo of Cochiti

Date1953 - 1958

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

Mediumceramic, slip

Dimensions4 13/16 × 2 9/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.3 × 6.5 × 7.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.32

Object numberA.1979.53.32

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionHand-Built, Slip-Coated Off-White, Ground Fired, Burnished. Decorated With Black "Guaco", Red-Brown Slip. Seated, Holding Child On Leg. Man Has Painted Black Moustache, Necklace, Jacket And Watch. // Helen Cordero Says Painted By Fred Cordero, The Moustache Was A Joke. - N. Fisher