Native American Storytellers

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Judy Lewis of Acoma Pueblo creates the most wonderful and charming storytellers - hand sculpted, hand painted - incredible detail and facial expressions on mother and children plus bluebirds, butterflies, cats, dogs, ladybugs, different hairstyles and headbands. These are clearly and intentionally created with individual characters by an artist who truly loves her work. This is why her storytellers are so highly valued and collected. The storyteller at right has four children and is unique for having one child holding a smaller child. It is 3 inches tall. Your price $210 - Item #ST268

Judy has won 1st and 2nd place awards over the last 12 years at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show. Her work is carried at the Indian Craft Shop, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. and other galleries throughout the West. Her work has been published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery" and Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery". Judy Lewis storytellers are highly collected and not that easy to come by. A great addition to your collection and a good value.

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Linda Jo'Povi Askan (Cactus Flower) is of Santa Clara and Navajo lineage and has worked since 1984 with black-on-black, carved blackware and redware jars, bowls, wedding vases, storytellers, nativities and animal figures. She is in her mid-50s and a resident of Santa Clara Pueblo where her mother, the late Marie Askan, was born. Linda graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She worked for several years as a Respiratory Therapy Technician before undertaking her pottery work full-time. Her work is included in "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies" by Dr. Gregory Schaaf. The blackware piece at left: Your price $395 ~ Item #ST334.

These are very fine, uniquely creative pieces with deep polish and an intriguing design. The pottery each piece holds is not attached. Both pieces measure 4.25 inches tall by 4 inches wide and 4.5 inches deep. At right is a beautiful redware piece: Your price $395 ~ Item #ST335.

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Pamela E. Quintana is from Cochiti Pueblo and has been an active potter sine 1989 working with polychrome jars, bowls and storytellers. She is the daughter of Margaret and Pablo Quintana. Her work is regularly show at the Indian Gift Shop, U.S. Department of the Interior, washington, D.C. and is included in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book "Southern Pueblo Potters: 2000 Artist Biographies" and Berger and Schiffer's book : Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery and Directory of Artists".

The storyteller at left, top, measures 3.75 inches tall. Your price $145 ~ Item #ST331.

These storytellers both feature five very animated children and are created from micaceous clay which is a natural type of clay that contains mica and fires to a golden color. Some believe that it was micaceous clay that brought the Spanish in search of a city of gold. The painting is rich and the sculpting very well executed. The pieces convey a deep feeling of happiness and family as all good storytellers do.

The storyteller at right, bottom, measures 3.75 inches tall. Your price $145 ~ Item #ST332.

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Caroline Fragua (Gachupin) and her husband Joseph Gachupin are from Jemez Pueblo where they collaborate to create some of the most collected Storytellers made today. They are considered among the very best. At left, are two of Caroline's corn storytellers - 4.5 inches tall by 2 inches wide. Your price $70 each ~ #ST208 SOLD and #ST209 (red, white).

If you've ever read Douglas Condon-Martin's book "Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" then you know that it is Caroline and Joseph who are shown on the last 10 pages (dozens of photos) creating their storytellers from the digging of the clay through the final product after the fire has died out from the outdoor firing using wood. Caroline and Joseph take great pride in producing their work the traditional way and Joseph was one of the first men to begin making storytellers back in the 70s when it was considered "woman's work". These are wonderful, generous people who take great pride in their heritage and their work. They are always traveling and giving demonstrations in other states on how they create their work.

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Aggie Henderson has been an active Acoma Pueblo potter since 1985 working with polychrome storytellers. She was taught to make storytellers by her mother-in-law, Marilyn Ray Henderson. She has won numerous awards at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico and the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Aggie's work has been published in Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery" and Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery". At top, left is a boy leaning on an Acoma design pot with two birds. It measures 3.5 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Great workmanship, shape, design and graphic detail. Your price $140 ~ Item #ST297.

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Mona Teller (Pa-Shawn-Thupa-Wa) is from Isleta Pueblo and has been an active potter since 1972 working with storytellers, corn maidens, Nativities, various figures and polychrome pottery. She was taught to make pottery in the traditional way by her mother, Stella Teller. Mona has won awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Her work is included in Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies", Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery", "Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" by Douglas Congdon-Martin and "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom

This storyteller features 5 children and measures 4.25 inches tall. Her work is particularly appreciated for its sense of animation. Your price $195 ~ Item #ST333.

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