Storyteller figure

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Date created: 1965

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

See related items: Cochiti Pueblo; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

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

Record ID: NMAI_274806