Storyteller figure

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Object Details

Culture/People

Cochiti Pueblo

Artist/Maker

Helen Cordero (Helen Quintana Cordero), Cochiti Pueblo, 1915-1994

IACB source

United Pueblos Agency (United Pueblo Agency)

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the United Pueblos Agency (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Date created

1965

Catalog Number

25/8858

Barcode

258858.000

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name

Storyteller figure

Media/Materials

Pottery, paint

Techniques

Modeled, painted

Dimensions

20.4 x 12 x 22 cm

Place

Cochiti Pueblo, Cochiti Reservation; Sandoval County; New Mexico; USA

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Cochiti Pueblo

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws634ca6350-ad08-4c7e-9f37-103be2b08c38

Record ID

NMAI_274806