Miniature Storyteller
Miniature storyteller (on picture figure to the left), red clay, hand pinched, oxidized, slipped, slip painted, very lightly burnished, polychrome, field is adobe, decorations are in black, brown, cream and turquoise. Female human figurine holding 5 smaller human figurines. The Storyteller wears black dress that goes over one shoulder and her hair is in traditional squash blossom style which is a symbol of fertility.
- Object: Miniature Storyteller
- Artist: Nadine P.
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1 3/8"
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Cochiti
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: Betty B. Goshay
- Catalog #: 97.238