Figurine

2009-10-7

From: New Mexico | Cochiti Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2009-10-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo
Provenience New Mexico | Cochiti Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Clay | Paint
Iconography Mother | Child | Storyteller?
Description

Seated woman (storyteller?) holding baby. Both have black hair, eyes, nose and orange lips; woman also black eyebrows. Baby's clothing: orange top edged in black, beige bottom with orange strip. Woman: long dress detailed with short black & orange lines; orange ribbons in hair, black details on boots.. Signed on base - not legible - "Sr." (?) Oritz (?) / Choch- (Chochiti)

Height 7.5 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Richard William Wolf, Jr. in memory of his mother, Patricia J. Wolf, 2009

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