Native American Storytellers

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Mary E. Quintana-Baca, of Cochiti Pueblo, made these wonderful storytellers. She has been making pottery since the 80s and specializes in brilliantly colored storytellers using flat acrylic paints. Her work is highly respected, collected,and valued.

Mary's 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 in several other publications about storytellers and figurative pottery. This storyteller is is 4 inches tall. Your price $140 ~ Item #ST241

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Chrislyn Fragua  is of the Jemez Corn clan and has been making Sgraffito jars, bowls, storytellers, figures and nativity scenes since 1988. She was taught traditional pottery making by her mother Linda M. Lucero Fragua. Her work is included in Gregory Schaaf’s “Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies” and in Lillian Peaster’s book “Pueblo Pottery Families”. She is known for her detailed work with fine lines, solid colors and well executed sculpting. This storyteller measures 6 inches tall with a very well done braid, two children and a detailed basket - very well shaped and painted, excellent work. Your price $195 ~ Item #ST273.

The storyteller at left, bottom is truly beautiful with three children and a fine blanket draped in front of her. The painting is really excellent with skilled detail and solid colors. This storyteller measures 8.5 inches tall - a very eloquent piece. Your price $225 ~ Item #J293

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Deborah Loretto is from Jemez Pueblo and works in matte polychrome jars, bowls, wedding vases and figure which includes storytellers. At this time there isn't much written about Deborah which may well be because selling her pottery is as public as she wants her life to be.

Her Santa storytellers are very, very popular and we're trying to get more. He's 7 inches tall by 4.5 inches with 8 children and he's a whole lot of fun. Your price $175 ~ Item #ST221

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Snowflake Flower (Stephanie Rhoades) of Cochiti Pueblo, has been an active potter since 1979 working with Storytellers, Nativities, jars, bowls, owls and figures. She has won many awards at many venues including the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico State Fair,Southwest Indian Art Show, and the Albuquerque Indian Arts Show.

Snowflake Flower's Coyote Singers are well known by collectors everywhere and they are not common. People who purchase them inevitably come to regard them as personal totems and they don't part with them. If you've got Coyote in you then these singers will help keep you close to your family even if your tune isn't as sweet as the Coyote Singers. This figure measures 8 inches tall by 6 inches wide and 6 inches deep. It has three children and its right leg rises above the ground as it howls and stamps out the beat.

At right is a singing mother storyteller with 3 children. It is 5 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide. Your price $195~ Item #ST216

At left is a singing mother storyteller with a very nice life-like expression on her face -more in keeping with a mother sweetly singing a lullaby to her six children which laying her arms. These qualities make it a very special piece. This storyteller is 7 inches tall by 5 inches wide.Your price $485 ~ Item #ST210

Her work is presented at The Indian Craft Shop, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. and published in "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni"by Hayes and Blom, Berger and Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery", and several other publications.

At right is an owl storyteller, one of two we requested from Snowflake and just recently received. This one measures 5.25 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide with 2 chicks at front and one on back. Your price $225 ~ Item #ST216

Her Storytellers are known for the "Prayer Feathers" that adorn each one. Snowflake Flower states, "I began putting these feathers on top of each figure in 1983 when my daughter, Patricia Ann Loretto, went into a coma. I continued to put these feathers on my figures so the prayers for herrecovery would be spread through more and more people. Finally, on December 21, 1999, our prayers were answered when my daughter woke up after being asleep for 16 years!" from "Southwest Pottery" by Dr. Gregory Schaaf.

The storyteller at left is titled "Owls" and measures 5.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide. Your price $235 ~ Item #ST317

As Snowflake Flower works she sings songs her mother and father taught her. She remembers expressions on the faces of loved ones, their response to a funny story, the pleasure of a life shared with children. These are the qualities reflected in her work.

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Leonard Tsosie (Corn Hill) is from Jemez Pueblo and has been an active potter since 1991 working with matte polychrome Storytellers, Drummers, clowns, horses with children, jars and bowls. He is the brother of potter Irene Herrera and husband of well-known storyteller creator Emily Fragua Tsosie who also was his teacher.

This grandfather storyteller at top, left, is 7,5 inches tall with three children, black hat, very well painted and shaped, excellent quality. Your price $295 ~ Item #ST312. SOLD

Leonard has won several awards at the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show and at the Santa Fe Indian Market. His work has been included in Congdon-Martin's "Storytellers & Other Figurative Pottery", Berger and Schiffer's "Pueblo and Navajo Contemporary Pottery", Gregory Schaaf's "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies" and Lillian Peaster's " Pueblo Pottery Families" plus American Indian Art Magazine.

The grandfather storyteller at right, bottom measures 7.5 inches tall with 3 children, a feather and brown hat. Your price $295 ~ Item #ST313

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