Storyteller
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Pam Tenorio of Cochiti but now living atTaos Pueblo, made these two storytellers.   Each is 4.5 inches high and priced at $65.   She has been making them for nearly twenty years, having learned from her mother Margaret Quintana.  

A cat with a ball and a mother pueblo cat with its kitten, both by David Tsosie of Jemez, who learned from his mother, Emily Fragua-Tsosie.   The cat with the ball is 3 inches high and $48, while the storyteller cat is 4 inches high and $90.   The Corn Grnadmother was made by his mother, Emily.   5.5 inches tall, it is $90.

Storyteller, an acrylic on canvas by Navajo artist Albert Jim.   12 by 20 inches.   $750.

Vera Fragua, Apache from San Carlos, Arizona learned storyteller making from her husband Chris Fragua of Jemez Pueblo.   5 inches high and five children, it is $164.

Stephanie Rhoads of Cochiti, who signs her work Snowflake Flower continues to work though she is nearly 80 years old.   The Coyote storyteller is 7 inches high and $330.   The male storyteller is 5.75 inches high and $190.   The female storyteller is 5 inches high and $135.

Dorothy and Paul Gutierrez of Santa Clara Pueblo (she is Navajo) made this storyteller, 2 inches high.   $110.

Dorothy Herrera of Cochiti makes a variety of animal storytellers (owl, bear, frog...) but cats are her clear favorite.   From large to small:   5 inches, $190, (SOLD) 3.5 inches, $90, and 1.75 inches,   $60

Dorothy also made this young boy and a horse, the woman with her child --each $60-- and the woman with her five children, $72.   All three are around 2 inches high.

Chris Fragua of Jemez makes wonderful animal storytellers.   We can send you photos of other dog as well as cat storyteller figurines.)   This one 10.5 inches long and about 4.8 inches high.   $350.

Chris also made this koshare storyteller (complete with his own book and audience), 9 by 4.5 inches.   $275.

This wonderful Hopi woman with her flowered shawl and butterfly hairstyle is by Larson Goldtooth from Hopi.   He is a member of the Tobacco Clan from Hano village on First Mesa.   7.25 inches high, it is $600.

Annette Tafoya Romero of Cochiti Pueblo created this 7.5 inch high male storyteller, $300.   She has been making them intermittently since the 1980s.   Her husband is Wilson Romero, who carves great old style fetishes.

Vera Fragua of Jemez made these two corn maidens.   The smaller of the two is 3.75 inches high and $60.   The taller (6.75 inches high) one, a Corn Mother with Corn Maiden, is $150.

Alma Loretto Concha Maestas, originally from Jemez Pueblo, made this male storyteller measuring 8.25 inches high, $300. (SOLD)

Laurencita Herrera of Cochiti (1912-1984) made this figurine with the removable lid/hat (resembles a beret to me!).   8.5 inches high and $1275, it was made 50+ years ago.   She is the grandmother of the famed designer Virgil Ortiz who started out making highly unusual figurines and now has his own fashion line.