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Dorothy Herrera makes a wide variety of storytellers, but it is her cat storytellers for which she is becoming best known.   Prices, going from left to right and starting with the back row are:   $165, $105, $90, $60 and $60.   The tallest cat is 5.5 inches tall while the two tiniest ones are 1.75 inches high.

Annette Tafoya Romero of Cochiti Pueblo created these three storytellers.   (Her husband Wilson carves the fetishes you can find in our Fetish Gallery.)   They are each 6.5 inches high and $300.   She has been making them intermittently since the 1980s.

One of the three young riders evidently thinks they should be heading the other way…   This horse storyteller by Dorothy Herrera is 5.5 inches high and 7 inches long.   $180.

Stephanie Rhoads, better known by her Keres name, Snowflake Flower, is one of the senior storyteller-makers at Cochiti Pueblo.   The Coyote storyteller is $300 and the storyteller grandmother is $270.   They are each 6.5 inches high.

This expressive figurine by Larson Goldtooth from Hopi seems to be explaining the financial markets, economic theories and why we should all just remain calm while it works itself out.   At least that's what I think he's saying.   It stands 9.5 inches high.   $400.

These three animal storytellers were made by Chris Fragua of Jemez Pueblo.   We've been handling his work for getting on to twenty years now and he is always coming up with something new.   At left is a Dalmation storyteller (which he first made for a special order more than 15 years ago).   It measures 6 inches long and 4.5 inches high, $185.   The cat is 6 inches high and $1800 while the rabbit --his newest innovation-- is 6.5 by 5 inches and $185.

The woman storyteller at left is by Vera Cutter Fragua.   She is from the San Carlos Apache Reservation but is married at Jemez Pueblo.   She learned the craft from her husband Chris.   This storyteller is 3.5 inches high and $70 The middle one is by her daughter, Cheryl.   5.25 inches high and $120.   And the Corn Maiden at right is by Vera.   3.5 inches high and $45.   (She does them in other sizes and styles.)  

Dorothy and Paul Gutierrez of Santa Clara Pueblo made these great storytellers.   Dad, hanging out with his two children measures 4 inches long and 2 inches high.   The little girl who is whispering some secret to her mom is 2.5 inches high.   $75.

Dorothy and Paul also make small animals of which these are a cross-section.   They range in size from 1 to 2 inches in height and in price from $18 to $36 dollars.

The Bear Clan in Cochiti Pueblo is feasting tonight!

This unusual story teller collection is made by Juanita Inez Ortiz.   These hungry cubs are enjoying their lunch of fresh fish while Mom tells stories in between treats of honey.   Mom measures 10 inches tall by 8 inches wide, the two reclining cubs measure 3 inches long by 1.5 inches wide, while the sitting cub is 2 inches tall by 1.5 inches wide.   $600.   The Bear Clan in Cochiti Pueblo is feasting tonight!

These three figurines were created by Gary Gutierrez of Santa Clara Pueblo,   (his Tewa name is P’aa-Ay-P’in - Deer Mountain).   He comes from a long and distinguished line of innovative pottery artists and figurine makers stretching back to his great-grandparents.   (We have a brief bio for him that accompanies each piece.)

Each of the figurines is priced at $255.   The man tumbling with the bear cub is just under 7 inches long and the potter as well as the man with the eagle are each about 4 inches high.   It is difficult to polish such tight and undulating surfaces, but Gary manages to do it, and meticulously at that.