Cochiti - Skunk Figurine
Skunk figurine - Red clay; modeled (solid); oxidation-fired; slip-painted. Skunk standing on 4 legs with tail raised in air. Polychrome: black and white on red clay body. Upper body black with white front legs; forehead mark, and 2 stripes down back and tail. Eyes are white, toes defined by black lines on front feet. Tips of ears slightly chipped.
- Object: Cochiti - Skunk Figurine
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Mid 20thCentury
- Dimensions: 4 1/4" long 3 1/4" high
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Cochiti
- Cultural Context: Cochiti has long been associated with a ceramic figurine tradition, maintaining it, even when other Pueblos gave it up. The popularity of Cochiti figurines, particularly, the "Storyteller", has inspired artists in Pueblos to make figurines again.
- Donor: Henry, Mrs. Hilda
- Catalog #: 78.478