Mermaid Story Teller by Martha Arquero Vintage Cochiti Pueblo New Mexico For Sale

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Mermaid Story Teller by Martha Arquero Vintage Cochiti Pueblo New Mexico:
$450.00

Mermaid Story Teller by Martha Arquero born in 1944 into the Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico. She has been making pottery sculptures since the late 1960s.

She learned traditional Cochiti sculpting from her famous sculptor mother Damacia Cordero, along with her sisters Josephine Arquero and Marie Laweka. They learned how to collect clay from the hills surrounding their home and to find and use natural pigments to paint with. The pieces are then fired outdoors.

Cochiti Pueblo is well known for its storyteller pottery, originally created as a male figure surrounded by children by Helen Cordero. More Cochiti artists started making their own storyteller dolls, each adapting their own unique style. Nowadays the storyteller is made by other tribes not just Cochiti and refers to any human or animal figure that is covered with small children or animals. They have become highly collectible and sought after clay art forms.

Martha is well known for her mermaid, frog, human and other storytellers as well as her whimsical superheroes. She is award winning, in many books and museum shops as well as gallery shops.

Martha is the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 2024 Legacy Award recipient.

This beautifully crafted piece is approximately 9”x5”x4.5” It was originally purchased in 1998. No chips or breaks.

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