![]() ![]() This shop does not have access to credit card or bank details. ![]() You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices.Įtsy or PayPal, depending on which you use, administers payments, and therefore protects your financial per their respective privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy. This Privacy Policy describes how and when your data are collected and used when you purchase an item from this shop or, also administered by. Will return your call as soon as possible. Please convo with questions, or call (505) 369-6865. Rare piece by one of the first pueblo storytellers. The one piece that is loose will be wrapped inside the arms of the mother, as it fits well there. The paint has faded over time yet otherwise in good vintage condition, with no chips are cracks. The figurine is signed on the bottom, and we can make out Mary, then some part of the word Frances, and Herrera, as well as Cochiti. This sculpture measures just about 6" tall by about 5" wide and 4-1/2" in depth. It is an especially great sculpture for the person who likes dogs, as not many vintage storytellers of this size also feature our canine buddies. We estimate this piece to be circa 1960s to 1970s. Her son remembers barreling down Route 66 in the family station wagon and meeting the potters outside the pueblo. The piece comes from an Albuquerque collector whose mother would drive to the pueblos and buy directly from Native artists until she got to know them, after which time she would she would arrange to meet of the artists on New Mexico highways to barter or buy. Her hair is tied up in a chonga in the back and she is wearing traditional pueblo moccasins. The mom wears traditional pueblo dress and a flowered cape draped over her back. One of the children on the arm-the child holding a dog-comes out of the arm, having come apart due to age. This piece has three children, one in each arm and one on the knee. What a treat to offer up this full-scale storyteller by one of the originators of the tradition! Mary Frances was the daughter of Laurencita Herrera, who has been featured in museum exhibits, and the mother of potter Dorothy Herrera. Later on, in the 1980s, she found a niche making miniature pottery storyteller figurines. Herrera started her storyteller journey making full-sized sculptures, such as this one. This tradition started in Cochiti Pueblo, and at the first Storyteller Exhibit in Albuquerque, in 1979, one of the women who was given that prestigious title-of being one of the first-was Frances Herrerra (1935-1991), also known as Mary Francis. Judy Lewis and Joyce Lucero of Acoma Pueblo have also created some incredibly intricate and collectible pieces.Here we have a good-sized Cochiti Pueblo storyteller by one of the five potters credited for starting the storyteller tradition in pottery making. Among the most notable artists making storytellers today are Carol Lucero Gachupin, Mary Lucero, Linda Fragua and Chrislyn Fragua of Jemez Pueblo and Stella Teller of Isleta Pueblo. They have become one of the most collectible and sought after forms of clay art. Today, the term storyteller refers to any human or animal figure that is covered with smaller children or animals. As time went on, more and more artists started making their own storyteller dolls, each adapting their own unique style and implementing their own beliefs based on their heritage. Helen believed a male doll was more appropriate, as males were traditionally the storytellers in her tribe. The doll had an open mouth as he was telling stories to the children. Helen eventually made a male figure, modeled after her Grandfather, Santiago Quintana, with children clinging to his back and in his lap. They quickly gained in popularity and many other artists in Cochiti started making them as well. Originally, she created female figures with children in their arms and called these dolls “Singing Mothers”. Storytellers were originally created by Cochiti artist Helen Cordero in 1964. ![]()
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