Lizard
Lizard figurine - Red clay; modeled (solid); oxidation-fired; slip-painted. Lizard is standing on all 4 legs. Polychrome: black and white slip-painted designs on red clay surface. Sides of lizard are black, with black geometric line down centerof white back. Head is white w/ black eyes and red mouth. Toes defined by black lines on feet.
- Object: Lizard
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Mid 20th Century
- Dimensions: 5" long 1 3/4" 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 #: 78.477