Lot # 83 - Rufina Trujillo, Storytellers Holding Children, Cochiti Pottery Figurines (2)

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Pickup Instructions: Pickups will be 10am - 3pm Saturday March 23, 2024
Start Date/Time: 14-Mar-2024 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 21-Mar-2024 8:22:00 PM
Current bid:

$58.00

Highest bidder:

poppygirl

Auction has ended

Description :

Two Pueblo, Native American artist Rufina Trujillo, Cochiti storytellers holding children pottery figurines.

Storyteller clay art is believed to be an art form that dates back to 300 B. C. or at least as early as 400 A. D.  The figures are formed from clay (by hand) and this expression became a lost art through the centuries.  In the mid-1900's, Helen Cordero of Cochiti pueblo brought back the art to by making storytellers called "Singing Mothers" (men figures were typically the storytellers, and women were formed with open mouths to represent they are singing).  Helen Cordero sparked a community of various storyteller artists who each have their own style and story to tell through their art.  Rufina Trujillo is one of those artists who is continuing this lost art to next generations.  Rufina of the Cochiti pueblo is listed in the book, "Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery" by Douglas Congdon-Martin, page 46; and "Southern Pueblo Pottery 2000" by Gregory Scheff.  Rufina's storytellers can be found at the Adobe Gallery and Palms Trading Company and other galleries.   These two figures were actually purchased at Southwest Silver Gallery in Kirkland, Washington, in 2005.  $154 and $129.


Auction History

Highest bidder is poppygirl

Date Bid User
21-Mar-2024 8:17:57 PM $58.00 poppygirl
21-Mar-2024 8:17:56 PM $57.00 Peanut16
21-Mar-2024 12:25:58 PM $52.00 poppygirl
21-Mar-2024 12:25:57 PM $51.00 SGB_9253
21-Mar-2024 11:32:54 AM $45.00 poppygirl
21-Mar-2024 11:00:37 AM $34.00 WorthAShot
21-Mar-2024 11:00:36 AM $33.00 Cbou
21-Mar-2024 10:26:48 AM $16.00 WorthAShot
21-Mar-2024 10:26:47 AM $15.00 Cbou
16-Mar-2024 2:08:28 PM $6.00 WorthAShot
15-Mar-2024 8:06:34 PM $5.00 nt3288

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