Native American Storytellers

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Paul Gutierrez, Jr. and Dorothy Gutierrez (signing Dorothy & Paul), from Santa Clara Pueblo, create these unique Santa Clara blackware Storytellers which have become highly valued among collectors and sell quickly. Paul is the grandson of the famous potter couple, Lela & Van Gutierrez, and the son of Luther Gutierrez. Dorothy has been active since the 1970s and, like Paul, works with blackware figures including Mudheads, Clowns, Nativity scenes and animals. They have won several First & Second Place awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show. This storyteller has one child, both figures have straw headdress - measures 2.5 by 2.5 inches. Your price $110 - Item #ST256

Their work is presented in Gregory Schaaf's Southern Pueblo Pottery; Rick Dillingham's Fourteen Pueblo Families; Lillian Peaster's Pueblo Pottery Families; Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery by Douglas Congdon-Martin; and Southwest Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni by Hayes and Blom.

Bottom storyteller has one child, straw head dress on adult only - measures 2.5 by 2.5 inches. Your price $110 - Item #ST257

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(Diane) Cheyenne Jim is a Navajo artist that has been sculpting storytellers for more than 25 years. She is in her mid-50s, self taught, and lives in the Window Rock area. She has won numerous awards at the Gallup Indian Ceremonial and the New Mexico State Fair. Cheyenne works with micaceous clay sculptures and storytellers that are very unique. This piece measures 5.5 inches tall. Your price $210 ~ Item #ST338

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Chris Teller from Isleta Pueblo creates lovely Storytellers which are authentically hand sculpted and hand painted with all natural pigments and slips.

Chris has won numerous awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the New Mexico State Fair. Her work has been featured in "Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" by Douglas Congdon-Martin, "Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni" by Hayes and Blom, and "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies" by Gregory Schaaf. Her work is highly collected and has significantly increased in value over the last few years. Chris' pieces have evolved in sculpting, painting detail and overall complexity making them welcome in many public and private collections. This mudhead with 5 children is 5.5 inches tall and indicative of her works continued evolution among Isleta's best creators working in the Storyteller genre. Your price $225 ~ Item #ST339.

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Tony Dallas is of Hopi/Pima heritage and married into Cochiti Pueblo where he has been actively working clay since 1982 creating Mudheads and Clown Storytellers. He is the son of Patrick and Marietta Dallas but was taught to work with clay by his mother-in-law Lucy Suina, cousin of Cochiti Pueblo's most famous storyteller creator, Helen Cordero. His work is included in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book “Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2000 Artist Biographies”. This mudhead storyteller measures 3.5 inches tall with two children. The painting is detailed and rich with color. Your price $225 - Item #ST337.

At right middle, is a mudhead with one child that measures 3 inches tall - great color and detail as with all his work. Your price $185 - Item #ST336
At left, is one Tony's very popular 'Koshare' clowns doing a split. Superb painting, depth of color and detail are the hallmarks of his work. His popularity is growing at an amazing rate. Everyone loves these guys. This one measures 2.5 inches tall and the platform is 3.25 inches wide. Your price $110 - Item #ST218.

At bottom is the Koshare / mudhead playground featuring two koshari and two mudheads partying on a great drum. Great detail, color and joyful. The drum itself measures 1.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches wide. The figures are between 3 and 4 inches in height. Wonderful spirit! Your price $525 ~ #ST215. Click here to see an enlargement. SALE PRICE ~ $400

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