Ceramic storyteller figure painted in brown, black white and pale blue, seated holding a bowl with five children sitting on her arms. Cochiti county. The storyteller's mouth is open and the children are listening to her story.
Based on the traditional "singing mother" motif. The first contemporary storyteller was made by Helen Cordero of the Cochiti Pueblo in 1964 in honor of her grandfather who was a tribal storyteller.
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