Cochiti - Rabbit Figurine
Rabbit effigy pot - Red clay; modeled; oxidation fired; slip-painted. Miniature "bowl" in the form of a rabbit standing on 4 solid modeled legs. Solid modeled tail and head w/ 2 ears. Polychrome: black and white on red clay body. Body of rabbit is white w/ black designs on top. Black ears, eyes, toe marks, whiskers and spots on body. Black triangualr band on rim of "bowl". Interior is red.
- Object: Cochiti - Rabbit Figurine
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Mid 20th Century
- Dimensions: 3" high 4 1/8" long
- 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 #: 78.479